Edited by: Annika Rudman, Alejandro Fuentes
About the publication
This book, titled Women’s Rights, Gender Inequality, and Intersectional Vulnerabilities: Exploring substantive transformative equality in the African continental and regional human rights systems 20 years after the adoption of the Maputo Protocol, addresses a wide range of issues related to women’s rights, gender-based discrimination, abuse, exploitation, and violence. It shifts away from a formalist approach to equality, instead adopting a transformative perspective on human rights law. The objective is to assess the progress made by the African human rights system toward implementing substantive transformative equality for women and girls, while also identifying necessary improvements to achieve this goal.
Contents:
- Digital violence against women in Africa: Locating the role of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. By Susan Chenai Mutambasere and Janet Ramatoulie Sallah-Njie
- Women as agents of transformative change: Implications for gender equality and climate justice. By Pamela Machakanja
- Cultural relativism and the role of resocialisation in the realisation of African women’s rights to a positive cultural context (article 17). By Anisa Mahmoudi
- Exploring the feasibility of the African Commission as an appropriate avenue for the advocacy of LBTIQ+ rights. By Marystella A Simiyu
- Breaking barriers: Examining the progress of family rights for lesbian couples in Kenya under the Maputo Protocol. By Ronald Kihali
- Access to justice for women with disabilities: Implementation of article 8 of the Maputo Protocol in Zimbabwe. By Linet Sithole and Cowen Dziva
- Mental health care for women in South Africa in light of the Maputo Protocol: Entrenching a gender-responsive approach in legislation. By Marietjie Lloyd
The chapters in this book originate from the research papers presented at the Regional Africa Human Rights Academic Network Conference 2023, which took place on 13–15 September 2023 at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. The conference was hosted by the Faculty of Law at Stellenbosch University and organised by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI), in collaboration with the Regional Africa Academic Network, under the Sida-funded Regional Africa Programme (2019–2024). Financial support was also provided by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development through the GIZ-AU AWARE Project, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Stellenbosch University.
Representatives of the Academic Network involved in this project included:
- Joy Ezeilo – Faculty of Law, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
- Faith Kabata – School of Law, Kenyatta University
- Tarisai Mutangi – Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe
- Pamela Machakanja – College of Business, Peace, Leadership and Governance, African University
- Lillian Artz – Gender, Health and Justice Research Unit, University of Cape Town
- Fasil Mulatu – Centre for Human Rights, Addis Ababa University
- Admark Moyo – Faculty of Law, Stellenbosch University