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

[General and chapter introductions / Johanna Bond.] Overview of History and Legal Systems / Ann Daugherty Leiter. CH. 1. WOMEN'S RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC LIFE : 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 CH. 2. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN : 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.

CH. 3. WOMEN'S RIGHTS WITHIN THE FAMILY : 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. CH. 4. WOMEN'S HEALTH AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS : 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. CH. 5. WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT : 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.

Publisher description: Voices of African Women is a collection of essays by accomplished womenâs rights lawyers from Ghana, Uganda, and Tanzania. In the last decade, womenâs human rights have been the focus of significant attention at the international level. There remains, however, a dearth of information concerning the application and relevance of international norms at grassroots levels within Africa. There are few works about womenâs human rights within Africa that are actually written by African women lawyers and human rights activists. This book offers a glimpse into the lives of women in Ghana, Uganda, and Tanzania; it describes â in their own words â the challenges these activists face in implementing international human rights norms at the local and national levels.