TY - BOOK ID - 495582 TI - Using human rights to change tradition : traditional practices harmful to women's reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa PY - 2002 VL - 13 SN - 9050952267 9789050952262 PB - Antwerpen Intersentia DB - UniCat KW - Human rights KW - Ethnology. Cultural anthropology KW - Sub-Saharan Africa KW - Women KW - Reproductive health KW - Women's rights KW - Human rights. KW - Social conditions. KW - Health and hygiene KW - Social aspects KW - Africa KW - Human reproduction KW - Human reproductive health KW - Human reproductive medicine KW - Reproductive medicine KW - Health KW - Basic rights KW - Civil rights (International law) KW - Rights, Human KW - Rights of man KW - Human security KW - Transitional justice KW - Truth commissions KW - Human females KW - Wimmin KW - Woman KW - Womon KW - Womyn KW - Females KW - Human beings KW - Femininity KW - Rights of women KW - Social conditions KW - Health aspects KW - Law and legislation KW - Civil rights KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Africa, Sub-Saharan KW - Social life and customs. KW - Fundamentele rechten en vrijheden KW - Volkenkunde. Culturele antropologie KW - Sub-Sahara Afrika KW - Women - Africa, Sub-Saharan - Social conditions. KW - Women - Health and hygiene - Africa, Sub-Saharan. KW - Reproductive health - Social aspects - Africa, Sub-Saharan. KW - Women's rights - Africa, Sub-Saharan. KW - Aids KW - Female circumcision KW - Marriage KW - Norms KW - Rituals KW - Taboos KW - Pregnancy KW - Childbirth KW - Book UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:495582 AB - Traditional practices (such as female circumcision, various birthing methods and early pregnancy) expected of, and maintained by, women in sub-Saharan African continue relatively unabated. So, too, does the harm these pose to women, including increased risks of maternal mortality, reproductive ill-health and transmission of HIV/AIDS. Human rights standards and discourses have been used as a means towards their end. This study seeks to establish the strengths and weaknesses of the human rights approach within the specific context of sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on women as a group and their reproductive health. ER -