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035			_a(NNC)4205821
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050			_aAF/KQC145.W64.B68
090			_aKQC145.W64 _bB68
245	0	0	_aWomen and law in sub-Saharan Africa. / _cCynthia Grant Bowman and Akua Kuenyehia.
260			_aAccra, Ghana : _bSedco, _c2003.
300			_axix, 652 p.: _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aContents: 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. _g`
650		0	_aWomen _xLegal status, laws, etc. _zAfrica, Sub-Saharan.
650		0	_aWomen _xLegal status, laws, etc. _zAfrica, Sub-Saharan _vCases.
700	1		_aBowman, Cynthia Grant, _d1945-
700	1		_aKuenyehia, Akua.
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