The Maputo Protocol and the Eradication of the Cultural Woes of African Women: A Critical Analysis

Rabiatu Ibrahim Danpullo

doi:10.5771/2363-6270-2017-1-93

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- 1–2 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 1–2
- 3–111 Abhandlungen • Articles • Articles 3–111
  - 3–10 Implementing International Social Protection Initiatives in Africa – The Role of Global and Regional Soft Law Markus Kaltenborn Markus Kaltenborn 3–10
  - 11–32 The Right to Social Protection in Africa: From CCCCDFPRTs to CLSPPPs Stephen Devereux Stephen Devereux 11–32
  - 33–57 Social Protection Law in the Republic of South Africa Letlhokwa George Mpedi Letlhokwa George Mpedi 33–57
  - 58–73 Traditional Forms of Social Protection in Africa: Selected Examples from Ethiopian and Eritrean Societies Hatem Elliesie Hatem Elliesie 58–73
  - 74–92 Loi BURUNDAISE du 15 mai 2014 portant suppression du pourvoi en cassation devant la Cour suprême et attribution de compétence aux Cours d’appel pour les affaires relatives aux terres rurales : Lacunes, icohérences normatives et fragmentation de régime. Aimé-Parfait Niyonkuru Aimé-Parfait Niyonkuru 74–92
  - 93–111 The Maputo Protocol and the Eradication of the Cultural Woes of African Women: A Critical Analysis Rabiatu Ibrahim Danpullo Rabiatu Ibrahim Danpullo 93–111
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RiA Recht in Afrika | Law in Africa | Droit en Afrique , page 93 - 111

The Maputo Protocol and the Eradication of the Cultural Woes of African Women: A Critical Analysis

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Rabiatu Ibrahim Danpullo

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/2363-6270-2017-1-93
- ISSN: 1435-0963
- ISSN online: 2363-6270
Abstract

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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