Outputs (54)

African Gender Equalities (2023)
Book Chapter
Banda, F. (2023). African Gender Equalities. In R. Cook (Ed.), Frontiers of Gender Equality (258-278). Penn Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2sck6z6.17

This is a story about struggles for equality fought on three frontiers. The first frontier was a continent-wide struggle for political liberation from colonialism and apartheid. In common with women in countless liberation struggles, African women ha... Read More about African Gender Equalities.

Article 14 (2022)
Book Chapter
Banda, F. (2022). Article 14. In P. Schulz, R. Halperin-Kaddari, B. Rudolf, & M. A. Freeman (Eds.), The UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women: A Commentary (2nd ed) (519-551). Oxford University Press

John Eekelaar and his work: an appreciation (2022)
Book Chapter
Banda, F. (2022). John Eekelaar and his work: an appreciation. In J. Scherpe, & S. Gilmore (Eds.), Family Matters: Essays in Honour of John Eekelaar (131-146). Intersentia

This piece celebrates John’s Eekelaar’s work and contribution to Family law and mentorship

African Migration, Human Rights and Literature (2020)
Book
Banda, F. (2020). African Migration, Human Rights and Literature. Hart. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781509938377

The book looks at the topic of migration through the prism of law and literature. The author uses a rich mix of novels, short stories, literary realism, human rights and comparative literature to explore the experiences of African migrants and asylum... Read More about African Migration, Human Rights and Literature.

Gender and Human Rights (2020)
Book Chapter
Banda, F. (2020). Gender and Human Rights. In J. Eekelaar, & R. George (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Family Law and Policy (2nd edition) (309-326). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003058519-30

Gender is all the rage–rage meaning it is both a focus of attention and also anger. Human rights practitioners owe a debt of gratitude to development specialists who elaborated on the significance of gender as a category. For human rights purposes, t... Read More about Gender and Human Rights.

The Limits of Law: A Response to Martha C Nussbaum (2019)
Book Chapter
Banda, F. (2019). The Limits of Law: A Response to Martha C Nussbaum. In B. Fassbender, & K. Traisbach (Eds.), The Limits of Human Rights (267-279). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198824756.003.0018

In the preceding chapter, Professor Nussbaum suggests that CEDAW (an acronym that is often used interchangeably to mean both the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women of 1979 and also the twenty-thr... Read More about The Limits of Law: A Response to Martha C Nussbaum.

The Impact of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in Select African States (2019)
Journal Article
Banda, F. (2019). The Impact of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in Select African States. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 33(2), 252-275. https://doi.org/10.1093/lawfam/ebz006

While the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is seen to be an African success story, in order to obtain some sense of the impact of CEDAW in African legal systems, this article considers cases in whi... Read More about The Impact of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in Select African States.

International Conceptions of the Family (2017)
Journal Article
Banda, F., & Eekelaar, J. (2017). International Conceptions of the Family. International & Comparative Law Quarterly, 66(4), 833-862. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020589317000288

This article examines the evolving way the ‘family’ and ‘family life’ have been understood in international and regional human rights instruments, and in the case law of the relevant institutions. It shows how the various structural components which... Read More about International Conceptions of the Family.

Women’s Rights and Religious Law: Domestic and International Perspectives (2016)
Book
Banda, F., & Fishbayn Joffe, L. (Eds.). (2016). Women’s Rights and Religious Law: Domestic and International Perspectives. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315720005

The three Abrahamic faiths have dominated religious conversations for millennia but the relations between state and religion are in a constant state of flux. This relationship may be configured in a number of ways. Religious norms may be enforced by... Read More about Women’s Rights and Religious Law: Domestic and International Perspectives.

Gender, Religion and Human Rights in Africa (2016)
Book Chapter
Banda, F. (2016). Gender, Religion and Human Rights in Africa. In F. Banda, & L. Fishbayn Joffe (Eds.), Women’s Rights and Religious Law: Domestic and International Perspectives (45-67). Routledge