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The implication of oil pollution for the enjoyment of sexual and reproductive rights of women in Niger Delta area of Nigeria
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
Oil is a major source of income for Nigeria and it is the mainstay of the country’s
economy. Nigeria’s intensive oil sector accounts for nearly 40% of its gross domestic
product, but declined steadily to an average of ...
Legal empowerment as a tool for engendering access to justice in South Africa
(Sage, 2020)
This article examines the concept of access to justice and the challenges vulnerable and
marginalised groups encounter in accessing justice. The article further discusses the
recognition of access to justice as human ...
Analysis of the Women’s Legal Centre Trust case
(Law Society of South Africa, 2020)
The Western Cape Division of the High Court in Cape Town handed down the judgment in the Women’s Legal Centre Trust case on 31 August 2018. It declared that the state is obliged to respect, protect, promote and fulfil the ...
Post Arab uprising – where are the voices of women in Tunisia in 2020?
(International Journal of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, 2020)
The state is committed to the protection of acquired rights for women and works to support and develop them. The state shall endeavour to achieve the principle of party between men and women in elected councils . The state ...
The Tunisian constitutional transition and debates: Islam, women and other actors in the wake of the post Jasmine revolution
(2020)
The Arab uprising in Tunisia, dubbed the Jasmine Revolution
began in 2010, protesting against unemployment, corruption,
injustice and the absence of basic freedoms. The Jasmine
Revolution ousted Ben Ali, the then president ...
Probing the context of vulnerability: Zimbabwean migrant women’s experiences of accessing public health care in South Africa
(African Human Mobility Review (AHMR), 2021)
South Africa has a professed inclusive health policy that articulates that everyone is
entitled to have access to healthcare services, regardless of nationality and citizenship.
However, several challenges exist for ...
The interim and final constitutions and Muslim Personal Law: implications for South African Muslim women
(Juta Law, 1998)
Introduction: All women face similar status problems in the private and public spheres of life but it is alleged that, as members of a religious community, Muslim women experience another inequality. This double inequality ...
Lessons learned from working with rural farm women on Middelpos farm, Swartland municipality, west coast, Western Cape.
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
I have a vision of creating an alternate rural economy that does things differently and gets better results. To put it into context, I live on an isolated farm which is part of a land reform programme. I often wish the ...
Embracing risky refuge: Women, land laws and livelihood vulnerabilities in rural Kenya
(2021)
There has been a growing interest in laws governing resources particularly land in reference to gender in Africa. Law reforms in relation to land have produced potentially useful regulations and espoused egalitarian land ...
Leveraging the local administration to engender access to justice in Kenya: the case of Mukuru Kayaba Informal Settlement, Nairobi County, Kenya
(2021)
Constitutional change in Kenya has opened up spaces of contestation of rights for citizens. However, marginalisation of certain segments of the population remains a key constraint to achieving universal protections. A lack ...