| Engendering Human Rights: Cultural and Socio-Economic Realities in Africa 2005 Edition Contributor(s): Nnaemeka, O. (Author), Ezeilo, J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403967075 ISBN-13: 9781403967077 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2005 Annotation: "Engendering Human Rights" explores the obstacles African women must overcome to obtain and protect their human rights. The essays in this important volume represent a varied group of distinguished scholars, activists, and practitioners, and incorporate gendered perspectives on the formulating, monitoring, reporting, and implementation of human rights in Africa and the African Diaspora in an age of globalization. Contributors tackle issues ranging from reproductive health and rights, immigration, religion, and spousal abuse to cultural imperatives, legal and constitutional reforms, and the arts." Engendering Human Rights "is an excellent resource for scholars in human rights, public health, literature, gender/women's studies, cultural studies, and African studies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civil Rights - Social Science | Gender Studies - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 323.340 |
| LCCN: 2004057288 |
| Series: Comparative Feminist Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.02" W x 8.34" (1.06 lbs) 314 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Engendering Human Rights brings together distinguished scholars and feminist activists in a collection of essays on human rights in Africa. Contributors explore the formulating, monitoring, reporting, and implementation of human rights in Africa and the African Diaspora. The individual chapters examine how human rights frameworks and practices differ in various political, economic, social, cultural, racial and gendered contexts througout Africa. |