Feminist Africa 15 Legal Voice: Special issue
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2011
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Feminist Africa
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Feminist struggles in Africa are fought from various fronts, with the law representing but one of them. While law and judicial reforms are not a panacea gender inequalities, the legal front is a central plank in this struggle as both shield and sword—a shield to protect women against discrimination and the violation of their fundamental rights, and a sword to challenge and overturn unjust sexist practices and to effect fundamental change to the status quo. While by no means a magic bullet the law can indeed be a critical game changer in the gender political landscape.
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Tamale, S., & Bennett, J. (2011). Legal Voice: Challenges and Prospects in the Documentation of African legal feminism. Feminist Africa 15 Legal Voice.