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Why Do Authoritarian Regimes in Africa Adopt Women’s Rights Reforms?

The recent authoritarian turn globally raises questions about what happens to women’s rights in such contexts.

Aili Mari Tripp Aili Mari Tripp

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Woman of Law: Women’s Triumph in Kenya’s Constitution of Kenya 2010

Kabira, Nkatha and Patricia Kameri-Mbote. 2018. Woman of Law: Women’s Triumph in Kenya’s Constitution of Kenya 2010. In Wanjiku Mukabi Kabir...

Nkatha Kabira Nkatha Kabira

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Post-apartheid state engagement with customary structures

This project will contribute to a greater comparative understanding of state-customary knowledge and its challenges in Africa by way of a study of the experience of the post-apartheid State in this regard.

Alejandro Bendaña Alejandro Bendaña
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