Women, law and human rights : an African perspective / Fareda Banda.
"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 justified by invoking 'custom' and 'tradition&...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
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2005.
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| Summary: | "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 justified by invoking 'custom' and 'tradition'. The book shows how law and its interpretation is used to disenfranchise women, resulting in their being deprived of land and other property which they may have helped to accumulate. It also considers issues of violence within the home, reproductive rights and examines the issue of female genital cutting."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xlv, 407 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-391) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1841131288 9781841131283 |