Bowman, Cynthia Grant 1945- Kuenyehia, Akua. text bibliography gh Accra, Ghana Sedco 2003 monographic eng

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xix, 652 p.: 24 cm. 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. ` Cynthia Grant Bowman and Akua Kuenyehia. Includes bibliographical references and index. fb----- Women Legal status, laws, etc Africa, Sub-Saharan Women Legal status, laws, etc Africa, Sub-Saharan Cases AF/KQC145.W64.B68 9964722354 GZL 031113 20210414114411.0 4205821