Culture and the Human Rights of Women in Africa

Between Light and Shadow

Bibliographic Data

ID16767291
AuthorsManisuli Ssenyonjo (0000-0001-9606-1235, University West, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume51
Issue1
Pages39-67
Publication date2007-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of African Law (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0221-8553 • E-ISSN: 1464-3731
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/s0021855306000258
OpenAlexW2164473046
LanguageEN
Citations received8

Despite the ratification by African states of several human rights instruments protecting the human rights of women in Africa, and the solemn commitment of the African states to eliminate all forms of discrimination and harmful practices against women, women in Africa still continue to experience human rights violations. Most African women are denied the equal enjoyment of their human rights, in particular by virtue of the lesser status ascribed to them by tradition and custom, or as a result of overt or covert discrimination. Many women in Africa experience distinct forms of discrimination due to the intersection of sex with such factors as race, language, religion, political and other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, or other factors, such as age, disability, marital, refugee or migrant status, resulting in compounded disadvantage. Therefore, much remains to be done to realize the human rights of women in Africa. This article examines the relationship between culture and women's human rights, and makes some recommendations for the effective realization of these rights

Human rights · International human rights law · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Right to property · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa

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