Gender, Judging and the Courts in Africa : Selected Studies (Paperback)

Acknowledgments List of contributors Note from Chief Justice of Tanzania Foreword 1. Introduction: Gender and judging across Africa: A case of old wine in new skins or new wine in old skins? J. JARPA DAWUNI, PHD PART I: Women and gender-related jurisprudence in the courts 2. An analysis of gender equality jurisprudence by Kenyan courts since the enactment of the 2010 constitution NANCY BARAZA, PHD 3. To win both the battle and the war: Judicial determination of property rights of spouses in Ghana MAAME YAA MENSA-BONSU AND MAAME A.S. MENSA-BONSU 4. "Judging" lesbians: Prospects for advancing lesbian rights protection through the courts in Nigeria PEDI OBANI, PHD PART II: Emerging gender issues in the courts 5. Femicide and judging: Social media as an alternative online court in Kenya STEPHEN MUTHOKA MUTIE, PHD 6. Judging beyond gender: Maternal and infant mortality as an emerging gender-related issue in Ugandan courts W. NAIGAGA KYOBIIKA 7. Revenge pornography as a form of sexual and gender-based violence in Ghana: Emerging judicial issues MAAME EFUA ADDADZI-KOOM 8. Litigating gender discrimination cases before the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice and the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights OSAI OJIGHO PART III: Judicial appointments and gender representation in regional bodies and national courts 9. The feminine face of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights REINE ALAPINI-GANSOU 10. Pursuing gender equality through the courts: The role of South Africa’s women judges PENELOPE ANDREWS 11. One sauce for the goose, another for the gander: Zambian women judges and perceptions of illegitimacy TABETH MASENGU, PHD PART IV: Judicial training and gender 12. Unlocking gender inequality through judicial training: Insights from Tanzania JULIANA MASABO, PHD 13. Gender awareness training in Judicial Training Institutes in Kenya and Uganda NIGHTINGALE RUKUBA-NGAIZA, PHD PART V: COVID-19 pandemic and gender-related judicial issues 14. The COVID-19 pandemic, courts, and the justice system MUNA NDULO, DPHIL 15. Sexual and gender-based violence in Uganda during the COVID19 pandemic: New and old lessons for the criminal justice system LILLIAN TIBATEMWA-EKIRIKUBINZA, PHD