Fareda Banda
Biographic Data
| ID | 3827867 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fareda Banda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fareda |
| FAMILY NAME | Banda |
| SIGNATURE | BANDA F |
| AFFILIATIONS | SOAS University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Family Matters
John Eekelaar, FBA, is a 'giant of family law', whose unrivalled contribution to the entire breadth of family law scholarship and research has brought many doctrinal, theoretical, empirical and contextual insights to the study of family law and family justice. His world-wide reputation and influence in the field of family law, and the huge body of literature his career of more than 50 years has produced, are celebrated in this collection of essay…
The Impact of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in Select African States
While the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is seen to be an African success story, in order to obtain some sense of the impact of CEDAW in African legal systems, this article considers cases in which CEDAW provisions on the family have been invoked in those jurisdictions and provides a snapshot of key issues identified by the Committee in the case law, including changes in Constitut…
International Conceptions of the Family
This article examines the evolving way the ‘family’ and ‘family life’ have been understood in international and regional human rights instruments, and in the case law of the relevant institutions. It shows how the various structural components which are considered to constitute those concepts operate both between relevant adults and between adults and children. But it also shows that important normative elements, in particular, anti-discriminatio…
If You Buy a Cup, Why Would You Not Use It?” Marital Rape
There are cases that one never forgets. DPP v. Morgan is one of those for me. I read it as an eighteen-year-old in my first year of law school. It was in the criminal law class where we were being taught about rape. The facts left me shocked and outraged. Morgan went out drinking with his friends. At the end of the night, he invited the friends back to his house. He told them that they could have sex with his wife and added that they should not w…
The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
The African Charter of Human and Peoples' Rights came into force in 1986, and is unique in that it lacks a precedent. However, little scholarship exists analysing it as an operational system in practice. The success of the first edition of this book led to this updated second edition. Contributors include experts who have been actively involved in the implementation of the Charter - commissioners, NGOs and academics. Offering a detailed evaluatio…
Blazing a Trail
The entry into force of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, 2003 on 25 November, 2005, marked the culmination of years of lobbying for a document which would promote and protect the human rights of the continent's women by African women's rights advocates. This commentary provides a brief historical overview of the process leading up to the adoption of the Protocol by the African Unio…
Women, Law and Human Rights in Southern Africa
This article examines the development of human rights in the Southern African Development Community (SADC).1 1 The SADC comprises thirteen states, not all of which are in the strict geographical sense in southern Africa and not all of which will be discussed in this article. The countries are Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It …
Going It Alone? Sadc Declarations and the Gender Debate
G A?SADC D G D The debates surrounding both the content and interpretation of human rights have always been contentious.It seems that the points of difference between countries, including those on the African continent, 1 are such that consensus on the content of human rights is difficult if not impossible to reach.Perhaps the time has come to move away from "one size fits all" initiatives.Short of abandoni…
Custody and the Best Interests of the Child
This paper draws on research in Zimbabwe into the experiences of two groups of divorced and divorcing women, those from customary marriages and those from civil marriages. The data shows that the women's perception of their children's bests interests were related to their own social and economic strength. One important factor was the role of lobolo (bridewealth). In general, the customary law group had little control over what happened to their c…
International Conceptions of the Family
This article examines the evolving way the ‘family’ and ‘family life’ have been understood in international and regional human rights instruments, and in the case law of the relevant institutions. It shows how the various structural components which are considered to constitute those concepts operate both between relevant adults and between adults and children. But it also shows that important normative elements, in particular, anti-discriminatio…
Women, Law and Human Rights in Southern Africa
This article examines the development of human rights in the Southern African Development Community (SADC).1 1 The SADC comprises thirteen states, not all of which are in the strict geographical sense in southern Africa and not all of which will be discussed in this article. The countries are Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It …
Custody and the Best Interests of the Child
This paper draws on research in Zimbabwe into the experiences of two groups of divorced and divorcing women, those from customary marriages and those from civil marriages. The data shows that the women's perception of their children's bests interests were related to their own social and economic strength. One important factor was the role of lobolo (bridewealth). In general, the customary law group had little control over what happened to their c…
Custody and the Best Interests of the Child
This paper draws on research in Zimbabwe into the experiences of two groups of divorced and divorcing women, those from customary marriages and those from civil marriages. The data shows that the women's perception of their children's bests interests were related to their own social and economic strength. One important factor was the role of lobolo (bridewealth). In general, the customary law group had little control over what happened to their c…
Going It Alone? Sadc Declarations and the Gender Debate
G A?SADC D G D The debates surrounding both the content and interpretation of human rights have always been contentious.It seems that the points of difference between countries, including those on the African continent, 1 are such that consensus on the content of human rights is difficult if not impossible to reach.Perhaps the time has come to move away from "one size fits all" initiatives.Short of abandoni…
Blazing a Trail
The entry into force of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, 2003 on 25 November, 2005, marked the culmination of years of lobbying for a document which would promote and protect the human rights of the continent's women by African women's rights advocates. This commentary provides a brief historical overview of the process leading up to the adoption of the Protocol by the African Unio…
Women, Law and Human Rights in Southern Africa
This article examines the development of human rights in the Southern African Development Community (SADC).1 1 The SADC comprises thirteen states, not all of which are in the strict geographical sense in southern Africa and not all of which will be discussed in this article. The countries are Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It …
The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
The African Charter of Human and Peoples' Rights came into force in 1986, and is unique in that it lacks a precedent. However, little scholarship exists analysing it as an operational system in practice. The success of the first edition of this book led to this updated second edition. Contributors include experts who have been actively involved in the implementation of the Charter - commissioners, NGOs and academics. Offering a detailed evaluatio…
If You Buy a Cup, Why Would You Not Use It?” Marital Rape
There are cases that one never forgets. DPP v. Morgan is one of those for me. I read it as an eighteen-year-old in my first year of law school. It was in the criminal law class where we were being taught about rape. The facts left me shocked and outraged. Morgan went out drinking with his friends. At the end of the night, he invited the friends back to his house. He told them that they could have sex with his wife and added that they should not w…
International Conceptions of the Family
This article examines the evolving way the ‘family’ and ‘family life’ have been understood in international and regional human rights instruments, and in the case law of the relevant institutions. It shows how the various structural components which are considered to constitute those concepts operate both between relevant adults and between adults and children. But it also shows that important normative elements, in particular, anti-discriminatio…
The Impact of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in Select African States
While the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is seen to be an African success story, in order to obtain some sense of the impact of CEDAW in African legal systems, this article considers cases in which CEDAW provisions on the family have been invoked in those jurisdictions and provides a snapshot of key issues identified by the Committee in the case law, including changes in Constitut…
Family Matters
John Eekelaar, FBA, is a 'giant of family law', whose unrivalled contribution to the entire breadth of family law scholarship and research has brought many doctrinal, theoretical, empirical and contextual insights to the study of family law and family justice. His world-wide reputation and influence in the field of family law, and the huge body of literature his career of more than 50 years has produced, are celebrated in this collection of essay…
Political science (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Human Rights and Development (5 works) · International Human Rights and Reproductive Law (5 works) · Human rights (4 works) · Legal Issues in South Africa (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · International human rights law (3 works) · Law (3 works)