| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 391 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Series |
Sustainable development goals series, 2523-3092 |
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Sustainable development goals series.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction / Emma Charlene Lubaale and Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz -- 2. Violence against women in Africa: A human rights violation necessitating criminal accountability / Emma Charlene Lubaale and Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz -- 3. Addressing gender-based violence epidemic through criminal justice: A case study of South Africa and the DRC / Mafuku Tholaine Matadi and Lizelle Ramaccio Calvino -- 4. Access to justice for survivors of violence: A case study of the girl child in Mauritius / Shivani Georgijevic and Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz -- 5. Police capacity building in dealing with domestic violence cases in South Africa: An entry point to womens access to justice / Mothibi Kholofelo A and Tirivangasi Happy Mathew -- 6. Access to Justice for sexual violence against women: A socio-legal analysis of case reporting in Kenya / Nelly Warega -- 7. Sex trafficking as a form of gender-based violence against women: Lessons from South Africa and Uganda / Annette Lansink and Zahara Nampewo -- 8. Criminal accountability for gender-based violence in North Africa: Beyond legal reforms / Yousra Abourabi and Emma Charlene Lubaale -- 9. The right to social security as a prerequisite to access to justice for survivors of sexual violence in Zimbabwe / Untalimile Crystal Mokoena -- 10. Roots Revisited: Barriers to justice for survivors of female genital mutilation in the Gambia / Raeesa Rajmohamed -- 11. Access to justice by victims of violence against women and girls in Tanzania: A social legal perspective / Cecilia Ngaiza and Asina A. Omari |
| Summary |
This book examines violence against women in Africa and criminal justice from the perspective of African scholars, practitioners and experts. As a global and long-standing issue, violence against women is gaining public visibility across the African continent with some states announcing a national crisis warranting immediate redress. At the global level, the elimination of all forms of violence against all women and girls forms a key part of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality. Split across two volumes, these books present a comprehensive analysis of the latest research and theories, principles and practices of criminal justice systems, criminal justice accountability mechanisms, and the key challenges women face in their quest for justice on the African continent. Volume I focusses on legislation and its impact, the limitations of criminal justice responses, and the cultural and social norms regarding access to justice. Volume II examines sexual violence and vulnerable womens access to justice in Africa. They adopt a comparative approach that highlight gaps and good practices to provide a rich source of authoritative information for promoting an intra-African dialogue and cross-fertilization of ideas across the different criminal justice traditions in Africa. Both volumes seek to advance discussions on eliminating violence against women in Africa and speak to those interested in criminal justice, violence, gender studies and African legal studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Emma Charlene Lubaale is an associate professor at the Faculty of Law of Rhodes University, South Africa. Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz is the programme manager of the Masters in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa at the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, South Africa |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Sex crimes -- Africa
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Women -- Crimes against -- Africa
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Sex crimes -- Law and legislation -- Africa
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Africa
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Criminal justice, Administration of
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Sex crimes
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Sex crimes -- Law and legislation
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Women -- Crimes against
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Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lubaale, Emma Charlene, editor.
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Budoo-Scholtz, Ashwanee, editor.
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| ISBN |
9783030759490 |
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3030759490 |
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