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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      01 April 2019
      11 April 2019
      ISBN:
      9781108566339
      9781108475136
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108566339
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.69kg, 360 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Socio-Legal Studies, African Studies, Law, Human Rights, Politics and International Relations, African Government, Politics and Policy
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, Socio-Legal Studies, African Studies, Law, Human Rights, Politics and International Relations, African Government, Politics and Policy
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
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    This book focuses on the socio-political environment that allows for the impactful work of NGOs through their proximity to local communities. The book showcases how this space has helped South African women's rights NGOs to bring about crucial legal reforms, which are quite relevant to women's lived realities. Recognizing its limitations, the South African state encourages NGOs to work freely on the ground and with state institutions to ameliorate the conditions for women's rights. The outcome of this state-NGO dynamic can be seen in the numerous human rights gains achieved by NGOs in general, and by women's rights organizations specifically. In addition, vulnerable communities such as women living under customary law have a significantly better chance to access justice. The book then demonstrates the opposite scenario, using Egypt as a case study, where NGOs are viewed as a national threat, and consequently operate under restrictive rules.

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