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Women and custom in Namibia : cultural practice versus gender equality? / edited by Oliver C. Ruppel.

Contributor(s): Ruppel, Oliver Christian, 1969- | Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (Namibia).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Windhoek, Namibia : Macmillan Education Namibia, 2008Description: 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9789991609386; 9991609385.Subject(s): Women's rights -- Namibia | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Namibia | Customary law -- NamibiaAlso available online.
Contents:
Promoting women's rights and gender equality in Namibia / Anton B�eosl -- Women's Action for Development: 15 years of experience with customary practice in rural Namibia / Veronica de Klerk -- Women and custom in Namibia: a research overview / Lotta Ambunda and Stephanie de Klerk -- Polygyny among the Ovambadja: a female perspective / Prisca Anyolo -- Strengthening women's rights: the need to address the gap between customary and statutory law in Namibia / Manfred O. Hinz -- Women and law reform in Namibia: recent developments / Tousy Namiseb -- Some judicial reflections on women and custom in Namibia / Kato van Niekerk -- Surveying the implications of violence against women: a perspective from academia / Oliver C. Ruppel, Kingo Mchombu and Itah Kandjii-Murangi -- Interesting grounds of (dis)advantage: the socio-economic position of women subject to customary law: a Southern African perspective / Julie Stewart -- Women and custom in Namibia: the legal setting / Wilmary Visser and Katharina Ruppel-Schlichting.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-171).

Promoting women's rights and gender equality in Namibia / Anton B�eosl -- Women's Action for Development: 15 years of experience with customary practice in rural Namibia / Veronica de Klerk -- Women and custom in Namibia: a research overview / Lotta Ambunda and Stephanie de Klerk -- Polygyny among the Ovambadja: a female perspective / Prisca Anyolo -- Strengthening women's rights: the need to address the gap between customary and statutory law in Namibia / Manfred O. Hinz -- Women and law reform in Namibia: recent developments / Tousy Namiseb -- Some judicial reflections on women and custom in Namibia / Kato van Niekerk -- Surveying the implications of violence against women: a perspective from academia / Oliver C. Ruppel, Kingo Mchombu and Itah Kandjii-Murangi -- Interesting grounds of (dis)advantage: the socio-economic position of women subject to customary law: a Southern African perspective / Julie Stewart -- Women and custom in Namibia: the legal setting / Wilmary Visser and Katharina Ruppel-Schlichting.

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