Law, Women's Status, and Family Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa

Download or read book Law, Women's Status, and Family Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Suzanna Stout Banwell and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Domestic relations in much of Africa are governed by a dual legal system of customary (traditional) law and civil law, largely inherited from European colonial powers. The interplay between these two systems has resulted in a decline in many women's legal, economic, and social status within the family. Questions of family size, reproductive choice, and use of family planning are intimately connected to women's status in the home. Because access to family planning is a necessary prerequisite to women's full and equal participation in development, their status within the family must be enhanced. Interventions to achieve this goal are suggested.