A Reflection of the Legal Culture from an Afrocentric Perspective
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Journal of International Women's Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2019
- Magazine Number
- 7
- Creator
- Mogale, Ramadimetja S.
- Creator
- Richter, Solina
- Thesaurus
- geweld, rechtspraak, identiteit, zwarte vrouwen, Zuid-Afrika
- Description
- The culture of prosecution of violence against women was analysed using an Afrocentric feminist lens from a continentally based African women’s standpoint. Afrocentric feminism is about the pluralism that captures the dynamism and fluidity of different cultural imperatives, historical forces and localized realities in the lives of African women. During the prosecution processes of violence against women, kyriarchy was evidenced and demonstrated through a collage of hierarchical criteria based on ethnicity, race, age, ability, and the location in which court case matter was heard.