Liberia’s Election of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Women’s Executive Leaders…
In November 2005, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf became the first female elected head of state in sub-Saharan Africa. On the face of it, the fact that this important breakthrough occurred in Liberia may see…
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Building Resilient Societies: The Relevance of UNSCR 1325 in Egypt’s Politi…
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 and 1820 and the more recent 1888, 1889, 1960, 2106, 2122 and 2242 reflect a rights-based approach to human security with a focus on the prevention o…
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Sexual Violence and the Limits of Laws’ Powers to Alter Behaviour: The Case…
Despite having one of the most inclusive and progressive constitutions in the world, South Africa (SA) has one of the highest rates of sexual offences globally. This article measures the extent o…
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The South African Women's Movement: The Roles of Feminism and Multiracial Coo…
In the historiography of South Africa’s recent past, focus has been most heavily placed on apartheid and the anti-apartheid movement, with much emphasis placed on male involvement and men as th…
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Imagining and Rebuilding Movements: Women's Rights and HIV/AIDS in West Africa
Between May 13-16, 2008 ActionAid International (AAI) and African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) hosted women living with HIV/AIDS and other activists from 7 countries in West Africa (Liberia, Nig…
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Birth Control, Contraception and Women's Rights in SA: A Cape Town Case Study
Access to safe birth control methods and knowledge about their effectivity and disadvantages are basic prerequisites for the liberation of women. But the propagation of contraceptive services in So…
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Between Modernism and Heritage
In this study we have chosen to look at the application of parallel legal systems in terms of dealing with violence against women in just a limited number of communities, within the massive Oromo…
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Women’s Access to Regional Justice as a Fundamental Element of the Rule of …
As stipulated by the CEDAW Committee, the right of access to justice for women is a fundamental element of the rule of law, which is essential to the realisation of women’s human rights everywher…
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The Kenyan Constitutional Reform Process: A Case Study on the work of FIDA Ke…
The case study is organized into chronologically-based categories of work based on the different phases of the reform process. It suggests that making the demand for women’s rights within high…
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Archives and Collective Memories: Searching for African Women in the Pan-Afri…
In July 1985, Nairobi hosted a meeting of over 14,000 women at the United Nations’ Third World Conference on Women.2 Domestic and international women’s rights activists held a concurrent meet…
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