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Women and Law in West Africa: Gender Relations in the Family- a West African Perspective

AKUA KUENYEHIA (ED.). WOMEN AND LAW IN WEST AFRICA: GENDER RELATIONS IN THE FAMILY- A WEST AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE (ACCRA: WOMEN AND LAW IN WEST AFRICA, 2003. PP. XV, 215. GRAPHS, TABLES.) The literature on women's rights tends to be dominated by the concerns of Western theorists and feminists. Written and researched primarily by African women scholars and activists under the direction of Akua Kuenyehia, Judge and first Vice President at the International Criminal Court at The Hague, this edited volume fills an important gap by providing African perspectives on contemporary women's rights. This or…