| Negotiating the Power of NGOs: Women's Legal Rights in South Africa Contributor(s): Wael, Reem (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108475132 ISBN-13: 9781108475136 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $134.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Human Rights - Law | Criminal Law - General |
| Dewey: 345.680 |
| LCCN: 2018048888 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 8.5" W x 9.3" (1.50 lbs) 360 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book focuses on the socio-political environment that allows for the impactful work of NGOs through their proximity to local communities. The book showcases how this space has helped South African women's rights NGOs to bring about crucial legal reforms, which are quite relevant to women's lived realities. Recognizing its limitations, the South African state encourages NGOs to work freely on the ground and with state institutions to ameliorate the conditions for women's rights. The outcome of this state-NGO dynamic can be seen in the numerous human rights gains achieved by NGOs in general, and by women's rights organizations specifically. In addition, vulnerable communities such as women living under customary law have a significantly better chance to access justice. The book then demonstrates the opposite scenario, using Egypt as a case study, where NGOs are viewed as a national threat, and consequently operate under restrictive rules. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wael, Reem: - Reem Wael is a social science researcher with a geographic focus on the Middle East and Africa. She co-founded the first gender consulting firm in the Middle East to focus on research and policy, trainings and media; she worked on numerous research projects on gender cross-cutting with health, education, data and information, law, and violence. In her most recent fulltime position, Reem was the Executive Director of HarassMap, an NGO based in Egypt, using an online-offline integrated approach to end social acceptability of sexual harassment in Egypt. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of London, where she conducted socio-legal analysis on gender-based violence in South Africa. |