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Let's Find a Way to Learn About Our Rights

Communities of Practice as 'Spaces' for Women and Girls to Learn About Their Human Rights

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Safe Spaces

Part of the book series: Critical Issues in the Future of Learning and Teaching ((CIFL,volume 5))

Abstract

Securing the equality and rights of women has in recent times become the campaign of many women’s organizations and activist movements. The slogans: “Women’s rights are human rights1” and “Women are also persons” are becoming mantras in campaigns against the abuse and violation of women’s rights across the globe (Osler & Starkey, 2010; Amien, 2001; Okin, 1998). In South Africa, in spite of a progressive Constitution in which the rights of women ought to be selfevident, the high number of women and girls who continue to be victims of gender-based discrimination and violence seems not to have dissipated.

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Ferguson, R. (2012). Let's Find a Way to Learn About Our Rights. In: Roux, C. (eds) Safe Spaces. Critical Issues in the Future of Learning and Teaching, vol 5. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-936-7_9

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