Dejo Olowu
Biographic Data
| ID | 6595248 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dejo Olowu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dejo |
| FAMILY NAME | Olowu |
| SIGNATURE | OLOWU D |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University of Nigeria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8046-5398 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The role of African universities in the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples
Before the emergence of the United Nations at the end of the Second World War, human rights were generally scantily recognised in international law and, even under the UN Charter of 1945, indigenous peoples received merely tacit reference. Since the 1970s, however, several normative instruments have been adopted to give recognition to the rights of indigenous peoples as a distinct component of international human rights law. With the further adop…
Responses to the global HIV and Aids pandemic
This article attempts to establish the key contribution by people of faith to the global HIV pandemic response, using Lesotho as a case study. Particular focus is paid to the work of selected religious organisations in Lesotho in this context, assessing their capacities to coordinate an effective HIV and AIDS action at the grassroots levels through education, health care, development, and social service activities. Empirical evaluations and findi…
Quest for Universal Standards of Judicial Integrity
While the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct, 2002, are not binding on states, they evidence high-level support for the principle of judicial integrity. In addition, superior courts and judiciaries of diverse legal traditions have relied on the Bangalore Principles in codifying their minimum standards of judicial integrity. Extrapolating from some of the core values of the Bangalore Principles, this article accentuates some of the critical …
University–community engagement in South Africa
The increasing value of community engagement activities in universities worldwide is yielding a rising emphasis on benchmarking university–community engagement. However, the emergence of effective benchmarks is still at an incipient stage. This article aims to provide some practical directions for developing a systematic approach to benchmarking university–community engagement within the South African milieu. The observation is made that comparat…
Gender equality under the Millennium Development Goals
Under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), ‘gender’ is specifically addressed by Goal 3 towards promoting equality and empowering women, targeting the elimination of gender disparities in primary and secondary education by 2005, and in all education by 2015. Extrapolating from this, the achievement of gender equality is recognised as central to the achievement of all the MDGs, and is being built into many countries’ plans on the MDGs. Althoug…
Gender vulnerabilities, spousal abuse and the incidence of HIV in Lesotho
The article posits that imbalances in gender relations are influencing two distinctive yet connected crises for women in Lesotho: the HIV epidemic and spousal abuse. The overarching premise is that as spousal abuse is increasingly recognised and as HIV infections spread, responses to the phenomenon do not reflect the related risks and consequences in married women's lives. This article underscores the nexus of connections between HIV and spousal …
Southern Sudan beyond Self-Determination
After decades of sanguineous struggle for political and economic self-determination, the peoples of South Sudan eventually voted en masse for the emergence of the newest African state: the Republic of Southern Sudan. Beyond the euphoria of national liberation, however, this article traces similar experi-ences in the assertion of self-determination and how their dynamics could relate to post-liberation Southern Sudan. It is argued that beneath the…
Privatisation and water governance in Africa
Early in the post-independence era, the control of water resources in many African states was a task of central planning. Regrettably, water management soon became a miry adventure in most African states largely because of warped planning and implementation. This article examines the phenomenon of private sector involvement in water resources management and seeks to understand the effect of such involvement on the right to water in Africa in the …
A critique of the rhetoric, ambivalence, and promise in the protocol to the African charter on human and people’s rights on the rights of women in Africa
The Promise of the New Zealand Prostitution Reform Act
Quest for Universal Standards of Judicial Integrity
While the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct, 2002, are not binding on states, they evidence high-level support for the principle of judicial integrity. In addition, superior courts and judiciaries of diverse legal traditions have relied on the Bangalore Principles in codifying their minimum standards of judicial integrity. Extrapolating from some of the core values of the Bangalore Principles, this article accentuates some of the critical …
Southern Sudan beyond Self-Determination
After decades of sanguineous struggle for political and economic self-determination, the peoples of South Sudan eventually voted en masse for the emergence of the newest African state: the Republic of Southern Sudan. Beyond the euphoria of national liberation, however, this article traces similar experi-ences in the assertion of self-determination and how their dynamics could relate to post-liberation Southern Sudan. It is argued that beneath the…
A critique of the rhetoric, ambivalence, and promise in the protocol to the African charter on human and people’s rights on the rights of women in Africa
The Promise of the New Zealand Prostitution Reform Act
Privatisation and water governance in Africa
Early in the post-independence era, the control of water resources in many African states was a task of central planning. Regrettably, water management soon became a miry adventure in most African states largely because of warped planning and implementation. This article examines the phenomenon of private sector involvement in water resources management and seeks to understand the effect of such involvement on the right to water in Africa in the …
Gender vulnerabilities, spousal abuse and the incidence of HIV in Lesotho
The article posits that imbalances in gender relations are influencing two distinctive yet connected crises for women in Lesotho: the HIV epidemic and spousal abuse. The overarching premise is that as spousal abuse is increasingly recognised and as HIV infections spread, responses to the phenomenon do not reflect the related risks and consequences in married women's lives. This article underscores the nexus of connections between HIV and spousal …
Southern Sudan beyond Self-Determination
After decades of sanguineous struggle for political and economic self-determination, the peoples of South Sudan eventually voted en masse for the emergence of the newest African state: the Republic of Southern Sudan. Beyond the euphoria of national liberation, however, this article traces similar experi-ences in the assertion of self-determination and how their dynamics could relate to post-liberation Southern Sudan. It is argued that beneath the…
University–community engagement in South Africa
The increasing value of community engagement activities in universities worldwide is yielding a rising emphasis on benchmarking university–community engagement. However, the emergence of effective benchmarks is still at an incipient stage. This article aims to provide some practical directions for developing a systematic approach to benchmarking university–community engagement within the South African milieu. The observation is made that comparat…
Gender equality under the Millennium Development Goals
Under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), ‘gender’ is specifically addressed by Goal 3 towards promoting equality and empowering women, targeting the elimination of gender disparities in primary and secondary education by 2005, and in all education by 2015. Extrapolating from this, the achievement of gender equality is recognised as central to the achievement of all the MDGs, and is being built into many countries’ plans on the MDGs. Althoug…
Quest for Universal Standards of Judicial Integrity
While the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct, 2002, are not binding on states, they evidence high-level support for the principle of judicial integrity. In addition, superior courts and judiciaries of diverse legal traditions have relied on the Bangalore Principles in codifying their minimum standards of judicial integrity. Extrapolating from some of the core values of the Bangalore Principles, this article accentuates some of the critical …
Responses to the global HIV and Aids pandemic
This article attempts to establish the key contribution by people of faith to the global HIV pandemic response, using Lesotho as a case study. Particular focus is paid to the work of selected religious organisations in Lesotho in this context, assessing their capacities to coordinate an effective HIV and AIDS action at the grassroots levels through education, health care, development, and social service activities. Empirical evaluations and findi…
The role of African universities in the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples
Before the emergence of the United Nations at the end of the Second World War, human rights were generally scantily recognised in international law and, even under the UN Charter of 1945, indigenous peoples received merely tacit reference. Since the 1970s, however, several normative instruments have been adopted to give recognition to the rights of indigenous peoples as a distinct component of international human rights law. With the further adop…
Political science (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Human rights (5 works) · Human Rights and Development (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works)