African women

• Women's Rights and International Legislation
  Read the articles:
  
  • Short History of CEDAW Convention.docx  
  • CEDAW .pdf  
  • AU -treaty-0027_-_protocol_to_the_african_charter_on_human_and_peoples_rights_on_the_rights_of_women_in_africa_e.pdf  
  • Watch the Documentary (new resource):  Sutura: what Judges need to know about rape and justice in Senegal
    Read the article (chapter 1: Introduction- only)
    
  • Report on Women's Health in sub-Saharan Africa .pdf
  • Sarah Hodin Inequalities in Women's and Girls' Health.docx  
  • Suggested Reading: Ibitola O. Asaolu, Halimatou Alaofè,Measuring Women's Empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses of.pdf  
    
• Sutura English version, A Mariama Khan Film YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZl3m8-KOkQ 

1.  discuss how global instruments and national legislation can help  protect women’s rights in Africa. Provide examples of some of the major rights violations African women experience. include references.