The Maputo Protocol and the Eradication of the Cultural Woes of African Women: A Critical Analysis
The Maputo Protocol is an African human rights instrument that seeks to protect African women and girls from the negative effects of cultural woes. Hence, this Protocol has been hailed as an African solution to African problems. However, though the Protocol is described as far-reaching because it tr...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:2e3d1bc34b864c58bb37a1c01d022ca8 2023-05-15T13:44:08+02:00 The Maputo Protocol and the Eradication of the Cultural Woes of African Women: A Critical Analysis Rabiatu Ibrahim Danpullo 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5771/2363-6270-2017-1-93 https://doaj.org/article/2e3d1bc34b864c58bb37a1c01d022ca8 DE EN FR ger eng fre Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/2363-6270-2017-1-93 https://doaj.org/toc/2363-6270 2363-6270 doi:10.5771/2363-6270-2017-1-93 https://doaj.org/article/2e3d1bc34b864c58bb37a1c01d022ca8 Recht in Afrika, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 93-111 (2017) Asia and Eurasia Africa Pacific Area and Antarctica KL-KWX article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5771/2363-6270-2017-1-93 2022-12-31T11:48:21Z The Maputo Protocol is an African human rights instrument that seeks to protect African women and girls from the negative effects of cultural woes. Hence, this Protocol has been hailed as an African solution to African problems. However, though the Protocol is described as far-reaching because it treats areas that have not been covered by other human rights instruments such as women’s reproductive health issues, protection against HIV and AIDS,1 domestic abuse and marital rape,2 its scope is somehow limited. The objective of this article is therefore, to point out that the Protocol needs to be more inclusive by naming what we refer to as the “forgotten” cultural woes of African women and girls. These include: the African woman-to-woman marriage of convenience, payment of cultural bride price, breast ironing, and trafficking in women and girls. Other woes have been discussed only to ensure continuously denouncement to avoid “window dressing” implementation of the Protocol. Hence, the cultural woes discussed in this article can only be efficiently dealt with by naming them in the Protocol the same way female genital mutilation (FGM)3 and others have been named. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Pacific Recht in Afrika 20 1 93 111 |
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The Maputo Protocol is an African human rights instrument that seeks to protect African women and girls from the negative effects of cultural woes. Hence, this Protocol has been hailed as an African solution to African problems. However, though the Protocol is described as far-reaching because it treats areas that have not been covered by other human rights instruments such as women’s reproductive health issues, protection against HIV and AIDS,1 domestic abuse and marital rape,2 its scope is somehow limited. The objective of this article is therefore, to point out that the Protocol needs to be more inclusive by naming what we refer to as the “forgotten” cultural woes of African women and girls. These include: the African woman-to-woman marriage of convenience, payment of cultural bride price, breast ironing, and trafficking in women and girls. Other woes have been discussed only to ensure continuously denouncement to avoid “window dressing” implementation of the Protocol. Hence, the cultural woes discussed in this article can only be efficiently dealt with by naming them in the Protocol the same way female genital mutilation (FGM)3 and others have been named. |
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The Maputo Protocol and the Eradication of the Cultural Woes of African Women: A Critical Analysis |
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