Pauvreté et inégalités de droits en Afrique: une perspective “ genrée ”

Natacha Ordioni

Mondes en développement, 2005, vol. 129, issue 1, 93-106

Abstract: Based on a review of the legal standards which control the relations between sexes in different African countries, this article analyzes the processes through which discriminations against women affect their empowerment, their health and their safety, and compromise the development prospects. The evolution of the laws does not always guarantee the improvement of the situation of women, for instance in terms of access to land. Moreover, the weak legal socialization of women and the practices of forum shopping reinforce the coexistence of several normative orders which are unfavourable. In spite of the slowness of noted progress, customary law is weakened by the demographic trends which cross Africa.

Keywords: Gender; Poverty; Women; Law; Rights; Customary; Legal pluralism; Family; Marriage; Access to land (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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