Intersectionality and Women’s Access to Justice in Africa

J. Jarpa Dawuni

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2022
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781978799011
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Courts
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Intersectionality and Women's Access to Justice, edited by J. Jarpa Dawuni, propounds layered intersectionality as a paradigm for examining how gendered factors affect women's access to justice, whether as judges or litigants. Through intersectional and decolonial frameworks, the contributors analyze the lived experiences of women and their access to justice by situating the courtroom as both a spatial and a temporal arena for seeking justice (as litigants) and for seeking access to the bench (as judges). This book examines patterns of mutually reinforcing discriminatory practices that women share based on common gender identities and depending on which identities are at play at a given point in time in both traditional and statutory courts. The book provides recommendations for various justice sector providers.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Layered Intersectionality and Framing Feminist Legal Discourse on Access to Justice for Women
• Part I: Women and Access to the Bench
• Chapter 2: Status of Women Judges in Algeria: Achievements and Pathways for the Future
• Chapter 3: Opening the Door for Women in the Cape Verdean Judiciary
• Chapter 4: Women Judges in Ethiopia
• Chapter 5: Battle for Women in the Egyptian Judiciary: Reality, Laws, and Aspirations or a Dream Come True?
• Chapter 6: Making Gains for Women’s Rights: Using Gender Quotas to Achieve Gender Equality in the Composition of the Supreme Court of Kenya
• Chapter 7: “Your Whole Life Is an Interview to Get to the Bench”: Gender and Judicial Appointments in Malawi
• Chapter 8: Gender Transformation of the Judiciary in South Africa
• Chapter 9: A Critical Assessment of the Status of Women Judicial Officers in Uganda
• Part II: Women and Access to the Courtroom
• Chapter 10: Women’s Property Rights and Discriminatory Land Tenure Systems in Ghana: The Adjudicative Role of Courts
• Chapter 11: The Making and Unmaking of Gender: Reflections on Questions of Gender and the Judiciary in Namibia
• Chapter 12: Women and Environmental Justice Issues in Nigeria: An Evaluation
• Chapter 13: Contribution of the Judiciary to the Advancement and Protection of Women’s Matrimonial and Inheritance Rights in Rwanda
• Part III: Women and Access to Traditional Justice
• Chapter 14: Gender and Customary Justice among the Podoko of the Mandara Mountains of the Far North Region of Cameroon
• Chapter 15: Juxtaposing the Efficacy of Testacy and Intestacy to Inheritance Rights: For Rukuba Widows and Children under Nige ia’s Plural Legal System
• Chapter 16: Transforming Traditional Justice through Gender Diversification: Comparing Two South African Communities
• Conclusion and Recommendations
• Chapter 17: Intersectionality, Access to Justice, and Women’s Experiences: Policy Recommendations
• Index
• About the Contributors