GEORGETOWN JOURNAL OF GENDER AND THE LAW

Child Marriage and Guardianship in Tanzania : Robbing Girls of Their Childhood and Infantilizing Women

This article discusses the debilitating effects that child marriage and guardianship have on the overall functioning of Tanzanian society and examines the legal remedies that can be employed by the government to address these issues. On one hand, the Law of Marriage Act forces girls into early adulthood by allowing them to marry as young as fourteen.

NATO Gender Mainstreaming and the Feminist Critique of the Law of Armed Conflict

This article suggests that NATO's strategic action plan to mainstream gender issues should be analyzed through the critical lens of feminist theory in general, and the feminist critique of the law of armed conflict specifically. Although international organizations, national policies and initiatives all work toward achieving greater protection of women and girls in the course of conflict, these assorted resolutions and other instruments should not be used as a kind of 'checklist'. True gender mainstreaming requires NATO militaries, not just

Violence and State Accountability: Critical Race Feminism

This article begins with a brief historical account of Critical Race Feminism (CRF). The essay acknowledges CRF's ties to forerunners such as Critical Legal Studies, Critical Race Theory, and Feminist Legal Theory but also points out where CRF diverges from these movements. Using the narrative method characteristic of critical race feminists, the author discusses violence and state responsibility in the United States, Bosnia, South Africa and Palestine.

An Analysis of Polygyny in Ghana: The Perpetuation of Gender Based Inequality in Africa

In this article, Ghana is used as a representative of Sub-Saharan African countries where polygyny (i.e. man with more than one wife) is practiced.

Reconceiving Responses to Private Violence and State Accountability: Using An International Human Rights Framework in the United States

This article begins from the premise that recent developments in international human rights law regarding government obligations to provide protection from violence can contribute to the current debate within the United States about state responses to hate crimes and domestic violence. "In order to present U.S. activists with guidance in exploring these questions, Part I presents a brief summary of the basic framework of international human rights.