NANA ASMA’U’S THOUGHTS IN CONTEMPORARY WOMEN STRUGGLES: A CASE STUDY OF CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN (CEDAW)
NANA ASMA’U’S THOUGHTS IN CONTEMPORARY WOMEN STRUGGLES: A CASE STUDY OF CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN (CEDAW)
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2012-12
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ABUBAKAR, SAIDU RUQAIYAH
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This study explores the advocacy of Nana Asma’u and CEDAW based on the following
research problem .What are the relevance of Nana Asma’u’s thought on the rights of women
to juxtapose it with Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against
women.(CEDAW) and research questions: What rights of women did Nana Asma’u canvass
for? , What rights of women did CEDAW advocated for and What are the contents of
CEDAW’s articles on the rights of women? What are the areas of compatibility and divergent
between Nana Asma’u’s thoughts and CEDAW’s articles on rights of women and how
relevant is Nana Asma’u’s thoughts on the rights of women in respect to CEDAW?The
Liberal Feminism is adopted and used as a Framework of Analysis because it best explains
how the equality of men and women can be achieved in society without altering the
structured of the society just as Nana Asma’u and CEDAW maintained. According to
Brookes liberal feminism asserts that the equality of men and women can be achieved
through political and legal reform. it is an individualistic form of feminism and theory which
focuses on women’s ability to show and maintain their equality through their own actions and
choices. Liberal feminism looks at the personal interactions of men and women as the starting
ground from which to transform society in to more gender-equitable place. Liberal feminism
generally works for the eradication of institutional bias and the implementation of better
ways. The findings of this study are drawn from 2 sources of data collection i.e. Secondary
sources of literature reviewed and the Primary sources from the interview conducted with
relevant women activists. The study reveals that Nana Asma’u who was inspired by Islamic
injunctions advocated for Islamic rights of women. It also reveals that in seeking to promote
rights of women CEDAW has build on the foundation established by Nana Asma’u. The
study also showed that 11 articles of CEDAW complemented the Islamic aspect of rights of
women and 6 articles contradicted it. From the countries like Afghanistan, Uganda,
Tanzania,Colombia,and Brazil, the women’s treaty has been used to combat violence and has
provided women activists around the world with a useful framework for women’s rights that
has advanced and improved laws prohibiting discrimination against women.To conclude one
can posit that both Nana Asma’u and CEDAW addresses the depth of the exclusion and
restriction practiced against women solely on the basis of their sex,by calling for equal rights
for women,regardless of their marital status, in all fields,political,social,cultural,economic
and civil.
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Keywords
NANA, ASMA’U’S, CONTEMPORARY, WOMEN STRUGGLES, CONVENTION, ELIMINATION, DISCRIMINATION, WOMEN (CEDAW)