The woman as a victim of patriarchy
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2013-10-09
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Maluma, Bridget
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Patriarchal Discrimination and other forms of Discrimination and related intolerance continue to threaten women's' enjoyment of their rights and fundamental freedoms. In situations of poverty, economy, education violence against women, power and decision making, Human Rights of women, and Health though Zambia has ratified the Convention on Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).The goals of Universal Ratification have not been achieved and there continue to be a large number of reservations to the Conventions. Family, Civil, Penal, labour, and commercial Laws or coded and administrative rules and regulations still have not integrated a gender perspective. Legislative and Regulatory gaps as well as lack of implementation and enforcement of Legislation and Regulations perpetuate inequality and discrimination. All this is because of the Patriarchal society that we live in.This paper will look at what is the origin of Patriarchy, the kinds of discrimination against women and what measures have been undertaken to end the discrimination as a result of patriarchy.
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Women , Patriarchy