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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.