Exploring the link between poverty and human rights in Africa / / edited by Ebenezer Durojaye and Gladys Mirugi-Mukundi.

• TeilnehmendeR: Durojaye, Ebenezer,; Mirugi-Mukundi, Gladys,
• Place / Publishing House: Pretoria, South Africa : : Pretoria University Law Press (PULP),, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 electronic resource (277 p.)

Exploring the link between poverty and human rights in Africa Edited by Ebenezer Durojaye and Gladys Mirugi-Mukundi 2020 ISBN: 978-1-920538-92-7 Pages: 277 Print version: Available Electronic version: Free PDF available

Table of Contents

PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- 1. General introduction to poverty and human rights in Africa -- 2. Integrating a human rights approach to food security in national plans and budgets: The South African National Development Plan -- 3. Is South Africa winning the war on poverty and inequality? What do the available statistics tell us? -- 4. Who really 'state-captured' South Africa? Revealing silences in poverty, inequality and structurally-corrupt capitalism -- 5. Poverty, women and the human right to water for growing food -- 6. The link between environmental pollution and poverty in Africa -- 7. Alleviating poverty through retirement reforms -- 8. Disability, poverty and human rights in Africa: Opportunities for poverty reduction from the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 9. The co-existence of gender inequality and poverty in Southern Africa -- 10. The potential of the African human rights system in addressing poverty Bright Nkrumah -- 11. Realising access to justice for the poor: Lessons from working with rural communities -- 12. The role of the South African Human Rights Commission in ensuring state accountability to address poverty.