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Title
Access to legal abortion by rape victims as a reproductive health right: case study Swaziland and Ethiopia |
Full text
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/12434 |
Date
2009 |
Author(s)
Mavundla, Simangele D. |
Contributor(s)
Aneme, Girmachew Alemu; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Law. Centre for Human Rights |
Abstract
A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of Dr. Girmachew Alemu Aneme, Faculty of Law, University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. - Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa))--University of Pretoria, 2009. - The study investigates the impediments caused by criminalisation of abortion in cases of forced pregnancy as a result of rape. It focuses on the premise that restrictive abortion laws and practices in such cases has devastating impact on women's lives as they are likely to engage in unsafe abortion. Focuses on rape and abortion in Swaziland in relation to cultural norms and traditional beliefs on the issue of access to legal abortion by rape victims. Also discusses the law on abortion in Ethiopia. - http://www.chr.up.ac.za/ |
Subject(s)
Abortion; Rape victims; Swaziland; Ethiopia; Reproductive rights |
Language
en |
Publisher
University of Pretoria. Faculty of Law. Centre for Human Rights |
Relation
LLM Dissertations |
Type of publication
Text |
Rights
University of Pretoria |
Repository
Pretoria - University of Pretoria, Theses and Dissertations
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