In Search of Gender Justice

Rights and Relationships in Matrilineal Malawi

Jessica Johnson (University of Birmingham)

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Cambridge University Press
01 November 2018

Gender studies, gender groups; Sociology & anthropology; Regional government policies; Human rights; Gender & the law

Series: The International African Library

What might gender justice look like in matrilineal Malawi? Ideas about gender and human rights have exerted considerable influence over African policy makers and civil society organisations in recent years, and Malawi is no exception. There, concerted efforts at civic education have made the concepts of human and women's rights widely accessible to the rural poor, albeit in modified form. In this book, Jessica Johnson listens to the voices of ordinary Malawian citizens as they strive to resolve disputes and achieve successful gender and marital relations. Through nuanced ethnographic description of aspirations for gender and marital relationships; extended analysis of dispute resolution processes; and an examination of the ways in which the approaches of chiefs, police officers and magistrates intersect, this study puts relationships between law, custom, rights, and justice under the spotlight.

By: Jessica Johnson (University of Birmingham)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 58
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9781108473705
ISBN 10: 1108473709
Series: The International African Library
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 01 November 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements; Images, tables and maps; Acronyms; Glossary of Chichewa; Introduction; 1. Love, marriage and matriliny; 2. Marital disputes and the legal search for justice; 3. Navigating Ufulu; 4. Gender justice?; 5. Handling violence; 6. Justice in motion; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Jessica Johnson is a Lecturer in the Department of African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Birmingham. Her research has been published in the journals Africa, the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute and Review of African Political Economy and she is co-editor of Pursuing Justice in Africa: Competing Imaginaries and Contested Practices with George Karekwaivanane (forthcoming). She held the Phyllis and Eileen Gibbs Travelling Research Fellowship in 2014–15 and is an editor of the Journal of Southern African Studies.