At the intersections

San women and the rights of indigenous peoples in Africa

Bibliographic Data

ID12593879
AuthorsRenee Sylvain (University of Guelph, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume15
Issue1
Pages89-110
Publication date2010-12-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe International Journal of Human Rights (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1364-2987 • E-ISSN: 1744-053X
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13642987.2011.529690
OpenAlexW2052978046
LanguageEN
Citations received9

This paper examines the implications of promoting indigenous peoples' rights in Africa by examining the tension between collective group rights and women's individual rights. I outline how San women in the Omaheke Region of Namibia confront simultaneous and mutually-reinforcing racial, ethnic, class and gender inequalities, and illustrate how intersectional discrimination often puts their human rights priorities at odds with the international indigenous movement's goal of securing group rights. I suggest that addressing indigenous women's rights issues requires a better balance of individual and collective rights, which includes indigenous women's experiences and interests as central features of their communities' collective concerns

Ethnic group · Human rights · Indigenous · Indigenous rights · International human rights law · Political science · Sociology · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Gender Studies · Law · South African History and Culture

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