Women, law and human rights : an African perspective / Fareda Banda.

Africa, with its mix of statute, custom and religion is at the centre of the debate about law and its impact on gender relations. This is because of the centrality of the gender question and its impact on the cultural relativism debate within human rights. It is therefore important to examine critic...

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Main Author: Banda, Fareda
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Language:English
Published: Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2005.
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