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Women, law and human rights : an African perspective / Fareda Banda.

By: Banda, Fareda.
Publisher: Oxford : Hart, c2005Description: xlv, 407 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1841131288 (hbk.).Subject(s): Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Africa | Human rights -- AfricaDDC classification: 346.60134
Contents:
Preface. - Acknowledgements. - Table of cases. - Table of statutes and legal material. - 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. Protocol to the African charter on human and peoples' rights on the rights of women in Africa. - Appendix B. Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women 1979. - Bibliography. - Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-391) and index.

Preface. - Acknowledgements. - Table of cases. - Table of statutes and legal material. - 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. Protocol to the African charter on human and peoples' rights on the rights of women in Africa. - Appendix B. Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women 1979. - Bibliography. - Index.