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    Recognition of indigenous justice in Latin America

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
    Throughout most of the 19th and 20th centuries, the reality of indigenous communities has largely been one of political subjugation and economic exploitation. The aim of Latin American nation-states was largely to make indigenous communities disappear and integrate their members into the national culture.
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    Stella Oyedepo and the feminist vision in the Rebellion of the Bumpy-Chested

    International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2013
    Feminist activism and civic participation can come in many forms, including theatre. The prolific playwright Stella Oyedepo is arguably one of the most visible practitioners of theatre in Nigeria today, with plays including Survive, We Will, The Missing Ingredient, and Brain has no Gender.
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    Analytical paper: the right of women to public political space

    Nazra for Feminist Studies, 2013
    Published by Nazra for Feminist Studies, a group that aims to build an Egyptian feminist movement, this analytical paper examines the rights of women to public political space in Egypt of 2013, following a new wave of revolution which led to the removal of Mohammed Morsi from power.
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    Judicial activism as a tool for the actualisation of socio-economic rights in Nigeria: comparison with Indian and South African experience

    2015
    Due to the provisions in the 1999 constitution which gives room for judge’s activism, it is sometimes said that judicial activism is the most viable route for the actualisation of socio-economic rights for Nigerian citizens.
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    The Raising Her Voice global programme

    Oxfam, 2015
    Oxfam’s Raising Her Voice (RHV) programme is predicated on the alarming inequalities women systemically face around the world. On average, women earn less than half of men, while women account for roughly two-thirds of those who cannot read or write globally.
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    The internet and the Nigerian woman: a case of female undergraduates

    2015
    The last decade has seen an information revolution not just in Nigeria, but around the world. The internet is connecting individuals, groups, organisations, and states like never before. Activists, advocates and sub-cultures have all embraced the communicative power of the world wide web to connect, organise, educate, entertain, and empower.
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    The alienation of Nigerian women in widowhood

    2015
    This ethnographic study describes the plight of many women in widowhood in Nigeria, particularly in rural areas and more traditional communities such as those found in Etche, in the Niger Delta region.
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    Feminist perspectives on the law on the use of force

    School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 2014
    Article 2(4) of the UN Charter concerning the prohibition on the use of force by nation states fails to incorporate the diversity of feminist approaches to conflict resolution and peacebuilding. Instead it predicates itself narrowly on discussion about when and how force is justified.
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    Rapping feminism, rapping the family: hip hop, the Mudawwana, and the monarchy in Morocco

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, 2015
    Feminisms can be expressed in many forms, in a variety of complex sub-cultural systems that are full of synergies and contradictions. One such arena is music. In this paper, Casey Jo Brege examines the types of feminism expressed through rap and hip hop in Morocco, in the context of the Mudawwana and the monarchy.
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    Technical seminar on measuring rural women's empowerment: key issues and challenges

    2015
    Global success for policy actions on poverty reduction have been patchy over the last 15 years; East and South Asia have seen significant advances, but in other regions the story is different, in particular in Sub-Saharan Africa where poverty has actually deepened.

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