Wanyeki, L. Muthoni2019-09-252019-09-252010-03-242006http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/174109I am happy to be here to share some thoughts on African women’s human rights To illustrate the urgency of the issues, some statistics: African women constitute just over 50% of the African population, yet own less than 10% of African resources and constitute 70% of Africa’s impoverished. Less quantitatively and more qualitatively, African women’s impoverishment—or underdevelopment—is seen in African women’s lack of control (that is, effective ownership and decision-making power) over our own bodies as well as the economic and financial resources that we have access to with respect to productive labour, African women’s disproportionate share of reproductive and community labour and the differential impact of all the critical development issues facing Africa—the most stark being armed conflict and HIV/AIDS—on African women as compared to African menengWith permission of the license/copyright holderglobalizationcommon goodAfrican countrieswomanhuman rightsPolitical ethicsBioethicsCommunity ethicsEthics of political systemsSocial ethicsSexual orientation/genderArticle