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dc.contributor.authorMsuya, Norah H
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-28T13:30:41Z
dc.date.available2019-05-28T13:30:41Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationMsuya, N.H. 2019. Challenges Surrounding the Adjudication of Women's Rights in Relation to Customary Law and Practices in Tanzania. Potchefstroomse elektroniese regsblad = Potchefstroom electronic law journal, 2019(22):1-29. [http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2019/v22i0a5012]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1727-3781
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/32468
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2019/v22i0a5012
dc.description.abstractWomen's rights litigation has produced varied outcomes in many African countries. Although courts have looked at the legislation that discriminates against women with different degrees of success, matters such as tradition and culture continue to be unpredictable when subject to lawsuit. In Tanzania, the judiciary has gradually begun to recognise that discrimination on a prescribed ground cannot be justified. However, this principle has not blocked some judges from maintaining that gender discrimination based on customary rules can still be justified, despite the existence of internal, regional and national human rights law, which prohibits it. It is contended that the judiciary has a significant role to play in ensuring that customary law and harmful traditional practices are reformed and advanced to comply with human rights legislation and ensure equality between men and women in Tanzania.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPER/PELJen_US
dc.subjectCustomary law and practiceen_US
dc.subjectwomen's rightsen_US
dc.subjecthuman rightsen_US
dc.subjectjudicial enforcementen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.titleChallenges surrounding the adjudication of women's rights in relation to customary law and practices in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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