TY  - BOOK
AU  - Banda,Fareda
TI  - Women, law and human rights: an African perspective 
SN  - 1847311830
AV  - KQC145.W64 B36 2005eb
U1  - 346.601/34 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Oxford, Portland, Or.
PB  - Hart Pub.
KW  - Human Rights Africa (Organization)
KW  - fast
KW  - Women
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - Africa
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Femmes
KW  - Droit
KW  - Afrique
KW  - Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
KW  - LAW
KW  - Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Vrouwen
KW  - gtt
KW  - Mensenrechten
KW  - Recht
KW  - Afrika
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-391) and index; Half Title Page; Half Title verso; Title Page; Title verso; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Table of Cases; Statutes and Legal Materials; 1. Introduction; 2. Law in Africa; 3. Human Rights in Africa; 4. Family Law, Gender Equality and Human Rights; 5. Violence against Women and Reproductive Rights; 6. Female Genital Cutting, Human Rights and National Legislation; 7. Culture, Development and Participation; 8. Conclusion; Appendix A; Appendix B; Bibliography; Index
N2  - Africa, with its mix of statute, custom and religion is at the centre of the debate about law and its impact on gender relations. This is because of the centrality of the gender question and its impact on the cultural relativism debate within human rights. It is therefore important to examine critically the role of law, broadly constructed, in African societies. The book focuses on women's experiences in the family. This is because the lives of women continue to be lived out largely in the private domain, where the right to privacy is used to conceal unequal treatment of women which is justifi
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