The Illusion of Inclusion : Women's Access to Rights in Northern Kenya

This paper shows how official laws concerning justice for women, can be difficult to apply when they are not socially acknowledged, contextualized, or received, and therefore have minimal impact on women's lives. It demonstrates that the inclusion of women through international conventions, domestic legal reform, and gender quotas in participatory processes, is illusory. While these are all important instruments in women's empowerment, the paper calls upon access to justice practitioners and policy makers to place equal emphasis on fostering the practical implementation of laws and to emphasize opportunities for increased equality in informal systems.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Ayuko, Bonita, Chopra, Tanja
Format:	Law and Justice Study biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Nairobi 2008-12
Subjects:	ABUSE, ACCESS FOR WOMEN, ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES, ACCESS TO JUSTICE, ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN, ADVOCACY, APARTHEID, AWARENESS TRAINING, BEATING, BEATINGS, BODILY HARM, CASH CROPS, CHILD CUSTODY, CHILDBIRTH, CITIZEN, CITIZENS, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, COMPENSATION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, CORRUPTION, COURT, COURTS, CREED, CRIME, CRIMES, CRIMINAL, CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, CULTURAL PRACTICE, CULTURAL RIGHTS, CULTURAL SYSTEMS, CUSTODY, CUSTOM, CUSTOMARY LAW, DEAD HUSBANDS, DECEASED HUSBAND, DECEASED HUSBANDS, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, DEVOLUTION OF PROPERTY, DISCRIMINATION, DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN, DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, DOCTORS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, EARLY MARRIAGE, EARLY MARRIAGES, EDUCATED WOMEN, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, ELDERLY, ELDERLY WOMEN, EMERGENCIES, EMPOWERING WOMEN, EMPOWERMENT, EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN, ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS, EQUAL PARTNERS, EQUAL RIGHTS, EQUAL TREATMENT, EQUAL TREATMENT FOR WOMEN, EQUAL TREATMENT OF WOMEN, EQUALITY FOR WOMEN, ETHNIC GROUP, ETHNIC GROUPS, FAMILY MEMBERS, FAMILY UNITS, FASHION, FATHER, FEMALE, FEMALE CIRCUMCISION, FEMALES, FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS, FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS, FOOD ISSUES, FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION, FORMS OF INEQUALITY, FREEDOMS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, GENDER, GENDER ACTION, GENDER BIAS, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER EQUITY, GENDER QUOTAS, GENDER UNIT, GIRLS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS, HEADS OF FAMILIES, HEALTH EDUCATION, HIV, HOME, HOMES, HOSPITAL, HOUSES, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS, HUSBAND, HUSBANDS, ILLITERACY, ILLITERACY AMONG WOMEN, IMPRISONMENT, INCLUSION OF WOMEN, INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, INEQUALITY, INHERITANCE, INHERITANCE RIGHTS, INJURIES, INTEGRATION OF WOMEN, INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COVENANT, INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTIONS, INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS, INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS, ISLAMIC LAW, JUDGE, JUDGES, JUDICIAL REFORM, JUSTICE, LACK OF KNOWLEDGE, LACK OF WOMEN, LAWS, LEGAL AID, LEGAL REFORM, LEGISLATION, LEGISLATIONS, LIBERTY, LIFESTYLES, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, LOCAL COMMUNITY, LOCAL MECHANISMS, MALE AUTHORITIES, MALE BIAS, MALE INVOLVEMENT, MALE LINEAGE, MALE LINEAGES, MARITAL PROPERTY, MARRIAGE ACT, MARRIAGES, MARRIED COUPLE, MARRIED WOMAN, MARRIED WOMEN, MINORITY, MOTHER, MOTHERS, NATIONAL LEVEL, NUMBER OF WOMEN, OFFENDER, OFFENDERS, OFFENSE, OFFENSES, OLDER MEN, OPEN SOCIETY, OWNERSHIP RIGHTS, PARTICIPATION IN DECISION, PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN, PEACE, PENAL CODE, PERSONAL STATUS, POLICE OFFICER, POLICE OFFICERS, POLICY MAKERS, POLITICAL DECISION, POLITICAL RIGHTS, POLITICAL SYSTEMS, POSITION IN SOCIETY, PRACTITIONERS, PREJUDICE, PRISON, PRIVILEGES, PROGRESS, PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY, PROMOTING GENDER EQUITY, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PROTECTION OF WOMEN, PUTATIVE FATHERS, RACE, RAPE, RELIGION, RESPECT, RIGHT, RIGHT OF WOMEN, RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, RIGHTS OF WOMEN, ROLE OF WOMEN, RULE OF LAW, RURAL AREAS, RURAL WOMEN, SAFETY NETS, SEX, SEXUAL ACTIVITIES, SEXUAL ASSAULTS, SEXUAL OFFENCES, SEXUAL RELATIONS, SHARIA, SHARIA LAW, SITUATION OF WOMEN, SOCIAL CHANGE, SOCIAL ISSUES, SOCIAL OUTCASTS, SOCIAL PRESSURE, SOCIAL STRUCTURE, SOCIAL SYSTEMS, SOCIAL WELFARE, SPOUSES, STATUS OF WOMEN, TRADITIONAL PRACTICE, TRADITIONAL PRACTICES, TRAINING WOMEN, UNIONS, URBAN AREAS, USAID, VICTIMS, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, WATER MANAGEMENT, WIDOW, WIDOWER, WIDOWERS, WIDOWS, WIFE, WILL, WIVES, WOMAN, WOMEN CANDIDATES, WOMEN IN SOCIETY, WOMEN LAWYERS, WOMEN'S ISSUES, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/12/16428658/kenya-illusion-inclusion-womens-access-rights-northern-kenya http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12787
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