Women’s Rights – Law – Culture – Religion – Tradition
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: May 1, 2006
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When culture overrides the law: Does ‘rights talk’
always get results? January 13, 2006 By Kathambi Kinoti, AWID
The gulf between the law and practice Most women’s rights practitioners would agree that getting progressive Around the world, particularly in the global South, there are numerous
Traditional legal mechanisms still prevalent Most of the countries where there is a gap between the law and practice The simple juxtaposition of a new legal system alongside the ancient Rights talk versus culture talk Mahmood Mamdani, uses the following example to illustrate how different According to Mamdani, the language of protest bears a relationship to In Europe it is recognized that some practices that are said to be It is clear that the current human rights framework is not adequately Notes
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