Abstract
In contemporary sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), women are facing human rights abuses unparalleled elsewhere in the world. Despite the region’s diversity, its female inhabitants largely share experiences of sexual discrimination and abuse, intimate violence, political marginalization, and economic deprivation.
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Birdwell Wester, Kathryn
(2009)
"Violated: Women’s Human Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa,"
Human Rights & Human Welfare: Vol. 9:
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1, Article 54.
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https://digitalcommons.du.edu/hrhw/vol9/iss1/54
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