TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - How law and custom serve to disempower women in Cameroon
JO  - Reproductive health matters
A1  - Cheka, Cosmas
SP  - 41
EP  - 46
VL  - 4
IS  - 8
N2  - This paper reviews the socio-cultural values, customary legal precepts and written laws in Cameroon on ownership of land and property rights, marriage (both monogamous and polygamous) and adultery, which serve to restrict women's access to education and resources, limit their rights and control their sexuality. The combined legal and social legitimation of men's authority over women and the extent of women's disempowerment are such that women seem to be unwilling to use even those legal provisos which could help them to challenge and seek redress for violent or oppressive behaviour on the part of their husbands.<p />
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SN  - 0968-8080
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0968-8080(96)90300-6
ID  - ref1
ER  -