To what extent have notions of manhood and womanhood as incorporated in Egyptian Muslim family law changed over the course of almost a century of family law reforms, and why? In answering this ques…
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…
Gender-based violence (GBV) is one of the most prevalent human rights violations without considering social, economic, age, ethnicity, religion and national boundaries, and which affects the heal…
Background: Many studies have shown that women who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) are at a greater risk of HIV, but the factors accounting for this association are unclear, and …
Gender represents a confounding social construction within the multiple-layering of relative disenfranchisement in the Sub-Saharan context of poverty. Class and race play a significant role in the …
In this article, we identify African countries with a similar development level based on selected women’s development indicators. To assess the development levels, we used the following indicator…
Igbo language belongs to the Igbo sub-group within Benue-kwa in the new west Benue Congo (Williamson & Blench, 2000). It is chiefly spoken in the South-Eastern geo-political zone of Nigeria. In the…
Over the last two decades the contributions and achievements as well as failures of women’s movements and women’s activism have been well documented in manuscripts that have specifically focu…
The eradication of poverty and sustainable development cannot be achieved without a focus on social transformations that empower the most marginalized. A transformation goal on gender equality need…
The research findings reveal that the majority of the governments in the ICGLR have made great strides to fulfil their commitments to prevent SGBV, punish perpetrators and support survivors as stat…