TY - BOOK AU - Kuenyehia,Akua ED - Women & Law in West Africa (Research Project : Ghana) ED - University of Ghana. TI - Women & Law in West Africa : situational analysis of some key issues affecting women. SN - 9988787405 AV - KQC145.W64 U1 - 346.6601/34 21 PY - 1998/// CY - Legon [Ghana] PB - Women and Law in West Africa, Human Rights Study Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Ghana KW - Women KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - Africa, West N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Contents: Introduction -- Family Law: Family Law in the Gambia -- Family Law in Ghana and its implication for women -- Family Law in Sierra Leone -- Family Law in Northern Nigeria -- Inheritance: Inheritance in the Gambia -- Women and inheritance in the Gambia -- Women inheritance in Ghana -- Inheritance in Sierra Leone -- Inheritance & administration of estates in Northern Nigeria -- Access to land: Women, land tenure and land rights in Gambia -- Women and land rights in Ghana -- Women and land law in Sierra Leone -- Land and Property rights of women in the Northern state -- Violence against women: Violence against women in the Gambia -- Violence against women in Ghana -- Violence against women in Eastern Nigeria ER -