02130cam a2200289Ia 4500 4205821 20210414114411.0 031113s2003 gh bv 001 0 eng d 9964722354 (NNC)4205821 (OCoLC)ocm53832574 GZL GZL OCLCQ fb----- AF/KQC145.W64.B68 KQC145.W64 B68 Women and law in sub-Saharan Africa. / Cynthia Grant Bowman and Akua Kuenyehia. Accra, Ghana : Sedco, 2003. xix, 652 p.: 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Family Law: Marriage: Customary Marriage/ Statutory Marriage -- Islamic Marriage -- Age of Marriage -- Polygamy -- Conflicts with constitutional or international -- Divorce: Grounds for divorce -- Matrimonial property and distribution of property -- Child custody -- Support of children after divorce -- Legal treatment of Cohabitation -- Text-note: Procedures and courts -- Women and Access to land -- Women and Inheritance Law: Issues raised by Multiple Wives -- Attempts at Law reform -- Women and reproduction: Introduction -- Reproductive decision- making -- Abortion -- HIV/AIDS and women in Africa -- Pregnancy and childbirth -- Infertility -- Sexual Violence against women: Rape -- Sexual Abuse of Children -- Commercial sexual exploitation of children and sex trafficking of women and girls -- Female circumcision/ Genital mutilation: Domestic Violence: Overview -- "Causes" of Domestic Violence -- Femicide -- Legal Remedies: Employment discrimination: Agricultural employment -- Non- Agricultural employment -- Women's work -- Prostitution -- Sexual Harassment in the workplace --Affirmative Action -- Women and Politics: Under representation and discrimination -- Electoral systems and affirmative action. ` Women Legal status, laws, etc. Africa, Sub-Saharan. Women Legal status, laws, etc. Africa, Sub-Saharan Cases. Bowman, Cynthia Grant, 1945- Kuenyehia, Akua. lcc BK 4919 12419 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 LL 2014-09-17 0 AF/KQC145.W64.B68 44/13 2014-09-17 00:00:00 1 2014-09-17 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 LL 2014-09-17 0 AF/KQC145.W64.B681 45/13 2014-09-17 00:00:00 2 2014-09-17 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 LL 2014-09-17 0 AF/KQC145.W64.B682 46/13 2014-09-17 00:00:00 3 2014-09-17 BK