Engendering Human Rights Cultural and Socio-Economic Realities in Africa

Engendering Human Rights explores the obstacles African women must overcome to obtain and protect their human rights. The essays in this important volume represent a varied group of distinguished scholars, activists, and practitioners, and incorporate gendered perspectives on the formulating, monitoring, reporting, and implementation of human rights in Africa and the African Diaspora in an age of globalization. Contributors tackle issues ranging from reproductive health and rights, immigration, religion, and spousal abuse to cultural imperatives, legal and constitutional reforms, and the arts. Engendering Human Rights is an excellent resource for scholars in human rights, public health, literature, gender/women's studies, cultural studies, and African studies.

Obioma Nnaemeka is a professor of French and women's studies at Indiana University, Indianapolis, and president of the Association of African Women Scholars.

Joy Ezeilo is a human rights lawyer and activist. She is the executive director of Women's Aid Collective.