Inventing the African family: gender and family law reform in Cote D'Ivoire. (Ivory Coast)
From: Journal of Social History
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Date: 9/22/1994
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Author: Toungara, Jeanne Maddox
This study examines how Ivoirian family laws have been revised to include a vision of the family created by women. The 1983 family code granted women equit with their husbands within legal marriages as well as greater financial autonomy. Members of the Association des Femmes Ivoiriennes negotiated behind the scenes--relying on ethnic and lineage relations with the president and men in high government circles--to achieve their goals. They were not seeking a ful return to traditional marriage ...
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