Gender relations and social justice in Africa : toward a duty-based approach to gender-based violence

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dc.contributor.author Afolabi, Abiodun Paul
dc.contributor.author Etieyibo, Edwin
dc.date.accessioned 2024-02-21T05:59:04Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.description.abstract A large and important part of social relations is gender relations between men and women. Over time, the manifestation of such relations has often been one of violence, particularly violence against women. Different approaches have been deployed to deal with the experience of gender-based violence (GBV). One popular approach is the human rights framework that suggest that GBV can be addressed by granting certain rights to women. We argue that while a human rights framework holds some promise in resolving GBV, it is limited in some ways because it does not take the cultural perceptions of gender relations that envision gender duties into account. As part of our argument, we show that social relations in African communities ought to be primarily based on the principle of duty to the other, rather than an emphasis on rights. We conclude that there is a need to complement the rights-based approach with a duty-based approach to effectively address GBV. en_US
dc.description.department Philosophy en_US
dc.description.embargo 2025-06-16
dc.description.librarian hj2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg SDG-05:Gender equality en_US
dc.description.uri https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rsph20 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Abiodun Paul Afolabi & Edwin Etieyibo (2023) Gender relations and social justice in Africa: Toward a duty-based approach to gender-based violence, South African Journal of Philosophy, 42:3, 230-245, DOI: 10.1080/02580136.2023.2273132. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0258-0136 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2073-4867 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1080/02580136.2023.2273132
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94768
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group) en_US
dc.rights © South African Journal of Philosophy. This is an electronic version of an article published in South African Journal of Philosophy, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 230-245, 2023, doi : 10.1080/02580136.2023.2273132. South African Journal of Philosophy is available online at : https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rsph20. en_US
dc.subject Gender-based violence (GBV) en_US
dc.subject SDG-05: Gender equality en_US
dc.subject Gender relations en_US
dc.subject Violence against women en_US
dc.title Gender relations and social justice in Africa : toward a duty-based approach to gender-based violence en_US
dc.type Postprint Article en_US


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