Working Paper

Engagements of Women's Movements with Religion: legal reform in Anambra State, Nigeria

author(s) Adamu, F.. - Ajala, A.O.. - Lanre-Abass, B.. - Para-Mallam, O.J.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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  • Western Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
citation

Working Paper No. 60, Religions and Development Research Programme, University of Birmingham, UK, 70 pp

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Abstract

This study examines the nature of women's engagements with religion in the campaigns for legal reform to protect widowhood rights in Anambra State, Nigeria, in order to explore the ways and extent to which religion facilitates or obstructs the attainment of women's rights

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