Collective action by women's networks has been a strong driver of legislative change in many countries across the world. Women's groups in Botswana have used advocacy tools such as testing the implementation of gender equality principles in the national court system. In 1992, women's legal networks in the Unity Dow case successfully challenged discriminatory statutory citizenship laws. This victory triggered far-reaching reforms of the citizenship...
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2013/11/01
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS6690
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Women's movements, plural legal systems and the Botswana constitution: how reform happens
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customary law
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