CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Mbamalu, Cynthia Onyinye |
|---|---|
| Title | Challenges and Prospects for Women in Constitution-Building in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Study of Rwanda, Kenya and Nigeria |
| Summary | The trajectory of the development of Constitutions that guarantee women’s rights and gender equality within sub-Saharan Africa highlights the history of gender inequality and discrimination against women. While gender gaps remain persistent some progress has been made with more countries like South Africa, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Senegal, Tanzania etc. providing specific constitutional guarantees for women. This thesis will comparatively analyse the effect of women participation in the constitution-building process and its impacts on the development of Constitutions in Rwanda, Kenya and Nigeria especially with respect to women participation in the making of the 2003, 2010 and 1999 Constitutions of Rwanda, Kenya and Nigeria respectively. These jurisdictions share similar British colonial heritage with a constitution-building process that was ab initio restricted and elitist-driven with no gender-equality principle. However, the making of the 2003 Rwandan and 2010 Kenya Constitutions presents interesting case-studies with an increase in the level of women inclusion and participation. Nigeria in its constitution-review processes in recent times incorporated the principle of gender –equality yet produced a different outcome from the Kenyan and Rwandan process where the constitutions guaranteed specific rights for women. This study will focus on the constitution-building process and will as part of its conclusions make recommendations that can suit local conditions in Nigeria and influence practices in sub-Saharan Africa as it concerns gender equality and constitution-building. |
| Supervisor | Bockenforde, Markus |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/mbamalu_cynthia.pdf |
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