TY - BOOK AU - Fox,Diana Joyce AU - Naima Ali Hasci. TI - Challenges of women's activism and human rights in Africa T2 - Women's studies SN - 077347885X AV - HQ1236.5 .A35 C53 U1 - 305.42/096 21 PY - 1999/// CY - Lewiston, NY PB - Edwin Mellen Press KW - Women's rights KW - Africa KW - Women KW - Political activity KW - Human rights KW - Femmes KW - Droits KW - Afrique KW - Femmes en politique KW - Droits de l'homme (Droit international) KW - Social policy KW - Politics and government KW - Politique sociale KW - Politique et gouvernement N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Debates and challenges: relativism, universalism and beyond -- Anthropology and women's human rights: perspectives on relativism and universality -- Women's rights as human rights: an ontological grounding -- The poverty of relativism: comment on Fox and Linsenbard -- Somali refugee women's rights in Kenya: the gap between policy and practice -- Cultural approaches to human rights in Africa: looking for rights in principle and practice -- Human rights struggles in context -- An historical overview of the women's rights movement in America: does it have a meaning for Africa? -- "To develop our listening capacity to be sure that we hear everything": sorting out voices on women's rights in Morocco -- Strategies for change: women and politics in Eritrea and South Africa -- Women in Eritrea's alternative development -- Women's health and human rights in Uganda: to be or not to be, that is the question! ER -