At the Intersections: San women and the rights of indigenous peoples in Africa

Type Journal Article - The International Journal of Human Rights
Title At the Intersections: San women and the rights of indigenous peoples in Africa
Author(s)
Volume 15
Issue 1
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2011
Page numbers 89-110
URL http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13642987.2011.529690#.VIIBjzGUdH8
Abstract
tension between collective group rights and women's individual rights. I outline how San women in the Omaheke Region of Namibia confront simultaneous and mutually-reinforcing racial, ethnic, class and gender inequalities, and illustrate how intersectional discrimination often puts their human rights priorities at odds with the international indigenous movement's goal of securing group rights. I suggest that addressing indigenous women's rights issues requires a better balance of individual and collective rights, which includes indigenous women's experiences and interests as central features of their communities' collective concerns.

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