TY - BOOK AU - Banda,Fareda TI - Women, law and human rights: an African perspective SN - 1841131288 (hbk.) U1 - 346.60134 PY - 2005/// CY - Oxford PB - Hart KW - Women KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - Africa KW - Human rights N1 - 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 ER -