The majority legal status of women in Southern Africa: Implications for women and families

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-188

  Van Hook, Mary P ^a   Ngwenya, Barbara N ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c University of Central Florida ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

African families; African women; Legal rights; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ARTICLE; CRITIQUE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; MINORS--WOMEN; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POVERTY; SEXISM; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHERN AFRICA; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN'S STATUS;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; COLONIALISM; CRITIQUE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGISLATION; MINORS--WOMEN; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POVERTY; SEX DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHERN AFRICA; WOMEN'S STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; AGE FACTORS; COLONIALISM; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGISLATION; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 0030156022     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02267045     Document Type: Article

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