Women's access to legal and judicial services in Africa
Subtitle: report of the meeting of Lome., 24-26 October 2011
Publisher: Women in Law and Development in Africa (WilDAF)
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lomé [Togo]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 61
Subjects: Legal aid; Legal assistance to women; Women's rights; Administration of Justice
Description: The participants of the meeting deliberated on five key themes: mapping of women's access to judicial and legal services in Africa; specific country experiences on legal literacy and legal assistance in Africa; access to justice for women victims of violence; rural women's access to legal and judicial services; regional and international human rights complaint procedures relevant to women. This report contains: a general account of the meeting; outcomes of the regional meeting, such as an eight-year (2012-2020) Action Plan; text of the speech at the opening ceremony; results of working groups; list of participants.