Exploring the link between poverty and human rights in Africa /
Edited by Ebenezer Durojaye and Gladys Mirugi-Mukundi.
- 277 pages ; online resource
General introduction to poverty and human rights in Africa / Ebenezer Durojaye & Gladys Mirugi-Mukundi -- Chapter 1 Integrating a human rights approach to food security in national plans and budgets : the South African National Development Plan / Julian May -- Chapter 2 Is South Africa winning the war on poverty and inequality? What do the available statistics tell us? / Emmanuel Sekyere, Steven Gordon, Gary Pienaar & Narnia Bohler-Muller -- Chapter 3 Who really ‘state-captured’ South Africa? Revealing silences in poverty, inequality and structurally-corrupt capitalism / Patrick Bond -- Chapter 4 Poverty, women and the human right to water for growing food / Ngcimezile Mbano-Mweso -- Chapter 5 The link between environmental pollution and poverty in Africa / Olubayo Oluduro -- Chapter 6 Alleviating poverty through retirement reforms / Kitty Malherbe -- Chapter 7 Disability, poverty and human rights in Africa : opportunities for poverty reduction from the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Enoch M Chilemba -- Chapter 8 The co-existence of gender inequality and poverty in Southern Africa / Nomthandazo Ntlama -- Chapter 9 The potential of the African human rights system in addressing poverty / Chapter 10 Bright Nkrumah -- Realising access to justice for the poor : lessons from working with rural communities / Victoria Balogun Chapter 11 The role of the South African Human Rights Commission in ensuring state accountability to address poverty / Rachael Adams. Chapter 12