Exploring the link between poverty and human rights in Africa

Exploring the link between poverty and human rights in Africa Edited by Ebenezer Durojaye and Gladys Mirugi-Mukundi 2020 ISBN: 978-1-920538-92-7 Pages: 277 Print version: Available Electronic version: Free PDF available

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Durojaye, Ebenezer, editor (editor), Mirugi-Mukundi, Gladys, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pretoria, South Africa : Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) 2020.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • 1. General introduction to poverty and human rights in Africa
  • 2. Integrating a human rights approach to food security in national plans and budgets: The South African National Development Plan
  • 3. Is South Africa winning the war on poverty and inequality? What do the available statistics tell us?
  • 4. Who really 'state-captured' South Africa? Revealing silences in poverty, inequality and structurally-corrupt capitalism
  • 5. Poverty, women and the human right to water for growing food
  • 6. The link between environmental pollution and poverty in Africa
  • 7. Alleviating poverty through retirement reforms
  • 8. Disability, poverty and human rights in Africa: Opportunities for poverty reduction from the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 9. The co-existence of gender inequality and poverty in Southern Africa
  • 10. The potential of the African human rights system in addressing poverty Bright Nkrumah
  • 11. Realising access to justice for the poor: Lessons from working with rural communities
  • 12. The role of the South African Human Rights Commission in ensuring state accountability to address poverty.