Gender, Poverty and Access to Justice

Access to justice is a fundamental right guaranteed under a wide body of international, regional and domestic laws. This book brings together contributors to explore and analyze the issue of gendered access to justice, poverty and disempowerment across Sub-Saharan Africa.

List of illustrations. List of contributors. Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. Part I. Access to justice in Sub-Saharan Africa: justice policies on reaching the most vulnerable and extreme poor 1 Engendering access to justice for the poorest and most vulnerable in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2 Access to justice for children in Zimbabwe. 3 Children, forced and early marriage: preventing and responding to early marriage in Uganda. 4 A child belongs to (s)he who has paid the bride price: customary law adoption of children in Limpopo, South Africa. Part II. Women - violence and vulnerability 5 Integrating gender and access to justice into the public policy of the African Union. 6 Access to justice, gender and customary marriage laws in Malawi. 7 Justice for women in traditional and customary courts in Sierra Leone: a feminist analysis. 8 Engendering access to justice in Nigeria: the role of public interest litigation. 9 Without land, without justice: how women's lack of land rights impedes access to justice. Part III. Advocacy and vulnerability for Sub-Saharan Africa's poorest 10 Conflict-related sexual violence and access to justice: the case of the Central African Republic. 11 Domestic violence against rural women in Nigeria: effective access to justice? 12 Strengthening access to justice for women refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa. 13 Conclusion: gendered Justice Policies on Reaching the most Vulnerable and Extreme Poor in SSA. Index.