Table of contents for Voices of African women : women's rights in Ghana, Uganda, and Tanzania / by Johanna Bond.

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General Introduction, Johanna Bond
Overview of History and Legal Systems, Ann Daugherty Leiter
Chapter One: Women's Right to Participate in Public Life
Introduction for Chapter One, Johanna Bond
Legal Strategies to Increase Ugandan Women's Access to Higher Education, Dora Kanabahita Byamukama
Women and Higher Education in Tanzania, Mande Limbu
Implementation of Affirmative Action in Tanzania's Parliament: An Assessment of the Reserved Seats for Women, Jane Magigita
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: The Women's Movement and Law Reform in Uganda from 1985-2000, Jacqueline Asiimwe
Judicial Activism and Gender Rights in Tanzania: The Task Ahead, Regina M. Rweyemamu
Chapter Two: Violence Against Women
Introduction for Chapter Two, Johanna Bond
Trikosi: Twentieth Century Female Bondage - A Ghanaian Case Study, Hilary Amesika Gbedemah
The Plight of Refugee Women: Protection from Sexual Violence in Refugee Camps - A Case Study of Tanzania, Hadija Ally
Sexual Violence in Tanzania: The Sexual Offenses Act as a Case Study, Scolastica Jullu
Domestic Violence: Strategies for Combating Wife Battery in Uganda, Kulsum Wakabi
Marital Rape as a Form of Domestic Violence and the Need for Law Reform in Ghana, Beatrice Akua Abrekna Duncan
Attitudes Towards Victims of Rape that Affect the Reporting, Prosecutions and Convictions for Rape: The Need for Law Reform in Ghana, Sheila N.Y. Gyimah
Female Genital Mutilation: Tradition or Torture?, Fitnat N-A. Adjetey
Chapter Three: Women's Rights Within the Family
Introduction to Chapter Three, Johanna Bond
Polygamy, Equality and the Gender Debate: A Comparative Study of Ghana and the United States, Angela Dwamena-Aboagye
 
 
Discrimination in the Traditional Marriage and Divorce System in Ghana: Looking at the Problem from a Human Rights Perspective, Bernice Baiden
A Comparative Study of the Status of Women Under the Law of Divorce and of their Economic Status in Uganda, Britain and Bangladesh, Regina Lule Mutyaba
Rethinking Property: Women and Matrimonial Property Rights in Tanzania, Salma Maulidi
Property in Marriage Relations - Its Legal Implications for Women in Uganda, Margaret C. Oguli Oumo
Impact of Customary Inheritance Law on the Status of Widows and Daughters in Tanzania: A Challenge to Human Rights Activists, Monica E. Magoke-Mhoja
Chapter Four: Women's Health and Reproductive Rights
Introduction to Chapter Four, Johanna Bond
Reclaiming the African Woman's Individuality: The Struggle Between Women's Reproductive Autonomy and African Culture and Society, Fitnat N-A. Adjetey
Women and HIV/AIDS in Uganda, Emma Ssali Namuli
Customary Sexual Practices and the National Policy on HIV/AIDS/STD in Tanzania, Maria Tungaraza
Chapter Five: Women's Economic Empowerment
Introduction to Chapter Five, Johanna Bond
Women and Employment Discrimination in Uganda in the Formal Sector: Facing Challenges and Forging Change, Evelyn Nassuna
Women's Access to and Control Over Land in Uganda: A Tool for Economic Empowerment, Naome Kabanda
Ghanaian Women, the Law and Economic Power, Gloria Ofori-Baodu
Gender and Good Corporate Governance in Uganda: Breaking the Glass Ceiling, Harriet Diana Musoke
Law Reform and Effective Implementation as the Means to Economically Empower the Ugandan Woman, Sarah B. Lubega
Conclusion: Using International Law in National and International Forums to Advance Women's Human Rights, Vanessa Brocato

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Women's rights -- Ghana.
Women's rights -- Uganda.
Women's rights -- Tanzania.