LEADER 03626nam 22006611 450 001 9910784265803321 005 20200514202323.0 010 $a1-4725-6346-8 010 $a1-280-80073-9 010 $a9786610800735 010 $a1-84731-183-0 024 3 $a9781841131283 (hard) 035 $a(CKB)1000000000338583 035 $a(EBL)285448 035 $a(OCoLC)173818907 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000273517 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12040416 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000273517 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10314015 035 $a(PQKB)10167043 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1772708 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC285448 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1772708 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10276034 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL80073 035 $a(OCoLC)1152808779 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09256337 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL285448 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000338583 100 $a20140929d2005 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWomen, law and human rights $ean African perspective /$fFareda Banda 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOxford ; Portland, OR :$cHart Publishing,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (407 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 10$a184113-128-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [337]-391) and index. 327 $a1 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 330 8 $aAfrica, 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 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. The role of women in development is explored as is their participation in politics and the NGO sector. A major theme of the book is a consideration of the linkages of constitutional and international human rights norms with local values. This is done using feminist tools of analysis. The book considers the provisions of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women which was adopted by the African Union in July 2003 606 $aHuman rights$zAfrica 606 $aWomen$xLegal status, laws, etc$zAfrica 606 $2Human rights & civil liberties law 615 0$aHuman rights 615 0$aWomen$xLegal status, laws, etc. 676 $a346.6'0134 700 $aBanda$b Fareda$0471899 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784265803321 996 $aWomen, law and human rights$9228440 997 $aUNINA