Gender, Poverty and Access to Justice : Policy Implementation in Sub-Saharan Africa (Paperback)

List of illustrations. List of contributors. Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments.Part I. Access to justice in Sub-Saharan Africa: justice policies on reaching the most vulnerable and extreme poor 1 Engendering access to justice for the poorest and most vulnerable in Sub-Saharan Africa. David Lawson, Adam Dubin, Lea Mwambene and Bisrat Woldemichael 2 Access to justice for children in Zimbabwe. Julia Sloth-Nielsen and Blessing Mushohwe 3 Children, forced and early marriage: preventing and responding to early marriage in Uganda. Asieh Yousefnajad Shomali and David Lawson 4 A child belongs to (s)he who has paid the bride price: customary law adoption of children in Limpopo, SouthAfrica. Kagiso A. Maphalle Part II. Women ? violence and vulnerability5 Integrating gender and access to justice into the public policy of the African Union. Paloma Duran 6 Access to justice, gender and customary marriage laws in Malawi. Lea Mwambene and Robert Doya Nanima 7 Justice for women in traditional and customary courts in Sierra Leone: a feminist analysis. Aisha Fofana Ibrahim 8 Engendering access to justice in Nigeria: the role of public interest litigation. Basil Ugochukwu 9 Without land, without justice: how women’s lack of land rights impedes access to justice. Aparna Polavarapu Part III. Advocacy and vulnerability for Sub-Saharan Africa’s poorest10 Conflict-related sexual violence and access to justice: the case of the Central African Republic. Isidore Collins Ngueuleu and Cristina Fernandez-Duran Gortazar 11 Domestic violence against rural women in Nigeria: effective access to justice? Ifeoma Pamela Enemo 12 Strengthening access to justice for women refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa. Fatima Khan and Ncumisa Willie 13 Conclusion: gendered Justice Policies on Reaching the most Vulnerable and Extreme Poor in SSA. Lea Mwambene, Adam Dubin and David Lawson Index.