Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: women's rights in an African Muslim democracy
  • A French colonial legacy : the making of Niger's legal system
  • The puzzle of non-adoption : why Niger has no family code
  • Bargaining for women's representation : the adoption of a gender quota
  • Bringing rights home : how Niger ratified CEDAW and rejected the Maputo protocol
  • Conclusion: rethinking women's activism
  • Appendix: research methods
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.