@article{1442934,
      recid = {1442934},
      author = {Lubaale, Emma Charlene, and Budoo-Scholtz, Ashwanee,},
      title = {Violence against women and criminal justice in Africa.,  Volume 1,: Legislation, limitations and culture /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxiii, 391 pages) :},
      abstract = {This book examines violence against women in Africa and  criminal justice from the perspective of African scholars,  practitioners and experts. As a global and long-standing  issue, violence against women is gaining public visibility  across the African continent with some states announcing a  national crisis warranting immediate redress. At the global  level, the elimination of all forms of violence against all  women and girls forms a key part of United Nations  Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality. Split  across two volumes, these books present a comprehensive  analysis of the latest research and theories, principles  and practices of criminal justice systems, criminal justice  accountability mechanisms, and the key challenges women  face in their quest for justice on the African continent.  Volume I focusses on legislation and its impact, the  limitations of criminal justice responses, and the cultural  and social norms regarding access to justice. Volume II  examines sexual violence and vulnerable womens access to  justice in Africa. They adopt a comparative approach that  highlight gaps and good practices to provide a rich source  of authoritative information for promoting an intra-African  dialogue and cross-fertilization of ideas across the  different criminal justice traditions in Africa. Both  volumes seek to advance discussions on eliminating violence  against women in Africa and speak to those interested in  criminal justice, violence, gender studies and African  legal studies.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1442934},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75949-0},
}