Empowering women: legal rights and economic opportunities in Africa
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Contents
Foreword
xvii
Preface
xix
Acknowledgments
xxi
About the Authors
xxiii
Abbreviations
xxiv
Overview
1
Chapter
1 :
Law, Gender, and the Business Environment
1
Chapter
2:
Women's Legal Rights across the Region
2
Chapter
3:
Legal Pluralism: Multiple Systems, Multiple Challenges
14
Chapter
4:
Women's Rights in Practice: Constraints
to Accessing Justice
15
Chapter
5:
The Way Forward
16
References
17
1
Law, Gender, and the Business Environment
19
Structure of the Report
20
Importance of Economic Rights in Business Incentives
21
Extent of Legal Protection of Women's Economic Rights
22
Main Areas of the Law for Women In Business
23
Nature of the Legal System
27
Impact of Rights on Economic Opportunities
30
Conclusion
35
Notes
35
References
36
CONTENTS
2
Women's
Legal
Rights across the Region
39
The Women-LEED-Africa Database
39
Scoresheet
1:
Ratification of International
Treaties and Conventions
42
Scoresheet
2:
Gender Provisions in Constitutions
46
Scoresheet
3:
Recognition of Customary and Religious Law
50
Scoresheet
4:
Legal Capacity
60
Scoresheet
5:
Marriage and Property
64
Scoresheet
6:
Land Law and Land Rights
80
Scoresheet
7:
Labor Laws
82
Conclusion
85
Notes
86
References
89
3
Legal Pluralism: Multiple Systems, Multiple Challenges
91
The Role and Interplay of Various Sources of Law
91
Challenges of Multiple Legal Systems and Inconsistent Laws 111
Conclusion
114
Cases Cited
115
Notes
117
References
118
4
Women's Rights in Practice: Constraints to Accessing Justice
121
Formal Judicial Systems in Practice
122
Customary Systems in Practice
127
Conclusion
131
Cases Cited
132
Notes
132
References
132
5
The Way Forward
135
Strengthening Legal Substance
135
Securing Existing Benefits
140
CONTENTS
Increasing Women's Awareness
146
Proceeding with Conviction
—
and Respect
148
Conclusion
152
Cases Cited
152
Notes
152
References
153
Appendix A: Scoresheets
155
Appendix B: Comparison of Databases on Women
and the Law
173
Appendix C: Database of Court Cases
175
Index
195
Boxes
0.
1
How Do Property Rights Affect Economic Opportunities?
4
O.2 Stronger Economic Rights, Greater Opportunities for
Self-Employed Employers
6
1.1
Defining "Discrimination"
20
1.2
Importance of Property Rights for Economic Opportunity
24
1.3
Women and Land in Ghana: Precarious Rights, Lower Yields
31
1.4
Changing the Balance of Intrahousehold Power in the United States
32
1.5
Stronger Economic Rights, Greater Opportunities for
Self-Employed Employers
33
2.1
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Discrimination against Women
43
2.2
The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples'
Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
44
2.3
The Central Place of Customary Law in Africa
50
2.4
How Does
Sharia
Treat Women's Property?
55
2.5
Head-of-Household Laws in Common Law Countries
61
2.6
Alternatives to Default Marital Property Regimes:
Prénuptial
and Postnuptial Contracts
66
2.7
Do Matrilocal and
Matrilineal
Communities Provide Stronger
Rights for Women?
71
xü CONTENTS
2.8 Are
Dowries and Bride Payments Bad for Women?
72
2.9
Protecting the Marital Home as a Woman's Place of Business
74
2.10
Divorce Laws Recognizing Women's Nonmonetary Contributions
75
2.11
Stripping Women of Customary Rights to Land through
Titling in Kenya
81
3.1
Apartheid-Era Legislation in Namibia Continues to Differentiate
among Ethnic Groups
98
3.2
Using the Constitution to Challenge Gender Discrimination:
The Case of Unity Dow
100
3.3
Changing Precedents Regarding the Status of Marital Property
in Kenya
102
3.4
Recognition of Nonmonetary Contributions in Marriage in Tanzania
104
3.5
Same Facts, Different Conclusions: The Case of
Mojekwu v. Mojekwu
113
4.1
Shortcomings of the Justice System from the Chief Justice in Ghana
122
4.2
Delaying and Denying Justice in Ghana
123
4.3
Women Are Participating at Senior Levels of the Legal
Profession in Several Countries
124
4.4
The Experience of Women Councillors in Local Customary
Courts in Uganda
128
4.5
Making History. Botswana's First Female Paramount Chief
129
4.6
Nowhere to Turn: Women's Complaints of Harassment in Malawi
129
5.1
Removing Exemptions to Nondiscrimination Provisions
in Kenya
136
5.2
Subtle Differences in Titling Requirements, Important
Differences in Outcomes: Lessons from Ethiopia
138
5.3
Guidelines for Strengthening Local Customary Courts
143
5.4
Sensitizing Legal Professionals to Gender Issues
143
5.5
Using Paralegals to Provide Low-Cost Legal Assistance to
the Poor
145
5.6
Equipping Women in Uganda with Knowledge of the Law
145
5.7
Conducting a Gender-Disaggregated Assessment of the
Legal Landscape before Embarking upon Reform
149
5.8
Reforming Family Codes: Lessons from Benin, Botswana,
and Morocco
151 |
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