Women's rights and right to development : synergy and disconnect

Abstract

By upholding women's rights, African duty-bearers, states inclusive, will foster the right to development. The opposite is also true. Denying African women their basic rights prevents their participation in the development process, and seriously compromises the chances for a full and effective realization of the right to development in Africa, albeit the global compact to combat poverty under the auspices of the Millennium Declaration.