Women's Social and Legal Issues in African Current Affairs: Lifting the Barriers

Time, Victoria M.

ISBN 10: 1498538789 / ISBN 13: 9781498538787

Verlag: Lexington Books, 2016

In. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ria9781498538787_new

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This volume explores the difficulties that beset African women and inhibit them from excelling in many walks of life in the twenty-first century. Asymmetrical relations in society position women in subjugated and marginalized roles. This is caused by customary practices that have left women in vulnerable and subsidiary positions, as well as statutory provisions that fester this process.

Despite its richness in raw materials and minerals, Africa remains slow to grow when compared to other continents. The economies of most African countries is severely anemic: corruption is rife, poor governance is systemic, and wars, conflicts, famine and diseases abound. Stalled economies disproportionately affects women; for example, as nurturers, women have the extra responsibility of taking care of children and members of the extended family. In times of want, women are more likely to give up the little they have so that their children and others may survive. This book shows the various social and legal obstacles that stall women's upward mobility and offers recommendations on how these issues can be resolved.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Victoria M. Time is professor of criminal justice at Old Dominion University.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Women's Social and Legal Issues in African ...
Verlag: Lexington Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: New