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04630aam a2200421 i 4500 001 4C3CE7CE2E0111EFA856D47D28ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240619010048 008 220721s2022 mdua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022034594 020 $a 1793632677 020 $a 9781793632678 035 $a (OCoLC)1338835265 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d PLL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a f------ 050 00 $a KQC145.W64 $b I58 2022 245 00 $a Intersectionality and women's access to justice in Africa / $c edited by J. Jarpa Dawuni ; foreword by Julia Sebutinde. 264 1 $a Lanham : $b Lexington Books, $c [2022] 300 $a xvi, 424 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Gender and sexuality in Africa and the diaspora 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $g About the contributors. $g Acknowledgements -- $g Introduction -- $g 1. $t Intersectionality, access to justice and women's experiences : policy recommendations / $r J. Jarpa Dawuni and Stephen Muthoka Mutie -- $g Part I : $t Women an access to the bench -- $g 2. $t Status of women judges in Algeria : achievements and pathways for the future / $r Samia Bourouba -- $g 3. $t Opening the door for women in the Cape Verdean judiciary / $r Vera Duarte -- $g 4. $t Women judges in Ethiopia / $r Maame Efua Addadzi-Koom and Biruh Gemeda Gage -- $g 5. $t Battle for women in the Egyptian judiciary : reality, laws, and aspirations or a dream come true? / $r Omnia Taher Gadalla -- $g 6. $t Making gains for women's rights : using gender quotas to achieve gender equality in the composition of the Supreme Court of Kenya / $r Annerita Murungi and Agnes Meroka-Mutua -- $g 7. $t "Your whole life is an interview to get to the bench" : gender and judicial appointments in Malawi / $r Rachel Ellett -- $g 8. $t Gender transformation of the judiciary in South Africa justice / $r Baratang Constance Mocumie -- $g 9. $t A critical assessment of the status of women judicial officers in Uganda / $r Josephine Ndagire -- $g Part II : $t Women and access to the courtroom -- $g 10. $t Women's property rights and discriminatory land tenure systems in Ghana : the adjudicative role of courts / $r Michael Addaney -- $g 11. $t The making and unmaking of gender : reflections on questions of gender and the judiciary in Namibia / $r Kennedy Kariseb -- $g 12. $t Women and environmental justice issues in Nigeria : an evaluation / $r Eghosa Ekhator and Pedi Obani -- $g 13. $t Contribution of the judiciary to the advancement and protection of women's matrimonial and inheritance rights in Rwanda / $r Odette Uwineza and Marie-Rose Turamwishimiye -- $g Part III : $t Women and access to traditional justice -- $g 14. $t Gender and customary justice among the Podoko of the Mandara mountains of the far north region of Cameroon / $r Jeremie Diye -- $g 15. $t Juxtaposing the efficacy of testacy and intestacy to inheritance rights for Rukuba widows and children under Nigeria's Plural Legal System / $r Rebecca Emiene Badejogbin and Vicki Lawal -- $g 16. $t Transforming traditional justice through gender diversification : comparing two South African communities / $r Sindiso Mnisi Weeks -- $g Conclusion and recommendations -- $g 17. $t Intersectionality, access to justice and women's experiences : policy recommendations / $r J. Jarpa Dawuni and Stephen Muthoka Mutie -- $g Index -- $g About the contributors. 520 $a "This book examines women's access to justice in both traditional and statutory courts through an intersectional lens. It analyzes the lived experiences of women and their access to justice by situating the courtroom as both a spatial and a temporal arena for seeking justice (as litigants) and for seeking access to the bench (as judges)"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Women $x Legal status, laws, etc. $z Africa. 650 0 $a Sex discrimination in justice administration $z Africa. 650 0 $a Intersectionality (Sociology) 650 7 $a Intersectionality (Sociology) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01982537 650 7 $a Sex discrimination in justice administration. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01114430 650 7 $a Women $x Legal status, laws, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01176824 651 7 $a Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239509 700 1 $a Dawuni, J. Jarpa, $e editor. 700 1 $a Sebutinde, Julia, $d 1954- $e writer for foreword. 776 08 $i Online version: $t Intersectionality and women's access to justice in africa $d Lanham: Lexington Books, [2022] $z 9781793632685 $w (DLC) 2022034595 830 0 $a Gender and sexuality in Africa and the diaspora 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240619010814.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4C3CE7CE2E0111EFA856D47D28ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search