Engendering human rights : cultural and socioeconomic realities in Africa /
"The new essays in Engendering Human Rights represent a varied group of distinguished scholars, activists, and practitioners, and incorporate gendered perspectives on the formulating, monitoring, reporting, and implementation of human rights in Africa and the African Diaspora. Contributors to E...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
2005.
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Engendering human rights : |b cultural and socioeconomic realities in Africa / |c [edited by] Obioma Nnaemeka and Joy Ngozi Ezeilo. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Palgrave Macmillan, |c 2005. | ||
| 300 | |a xii, 314 p. : |b ill. ; |c 22 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g pt. I. |t Introduction -- |g 1. |t Introduction : context(ure)s of human rights -- local realities, global contexts / |r Obioma Nnaemeka and Joy Ngozi Ezeilo -- |g pt. II. |t Pretext -- |g 2. |t Women, religion, and postmodernism / |r Nawal El Saadawi -- |g pt. III. |t The right to health at the intersection of gender, race, and class -- |g 3. |t Apartheid and health professional accountability : violations of the reproductive rights of women / |r Jeannelle de Gruchy and Laurel Baldwin-Ragaven -- |g 4. |t Take me back to the village : African women and the dynamics of health and human rights in Tanzania and Zimbabwe / |r Sekai Nzenza-Shand -- |g 5. |t The right to access to reproductive health care in the South African constitution : a real victory for women? / |r Loretta Feris. |
| 520 | 1 | |a "The new essays in Engendering Human Rights represent a varied group of distinguished scholars, activists, and practitioners, and incorporate gendered perspectives on the formulating, monitoring, reporting, and implementation of human rights in Africa and the African Diaspora. Contributors to Engendering Human Rights - including Nawal El Saadawi, Obioma Nnaemeka and Joy Ezeilo - tackle issues ranging from reproductive rights, immigration, religion, and spousal abuse to cultural imperatives, legal reform, and the arts. Engendering Human Rights is an excellent resource for scholars in human rights, public health, literature, gender/women's studies, cultural studies, and African studies"--Jacket. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Women's rights |x International cooperation. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Women |z Africa |x Social conditions. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Women |x Violence against |z Africa. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Feminism |z Africa. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Human rights |z Africa. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Nnaemeka, Obioma, |d 1948- | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Ezeilo, Joy. | |
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