About the Law School
The Centre for Indigenous Law (CIL) in the College of Law at the University of South Africa (UNISA), the host of this conference, strives to inter alia promote and protect African Indigenous law and Traditional Knowledge Systems in the post-1994 constitutional order in South Africa. The Centre focuses on five pillars, namely (i) indigenous knowledge systems, (ii) customary marriages, (iii) regional integration, (iv)
traditional leadership and (v) succession.
About the Conference
This conference seeks to stimulate debate and contribute to the discourse on gender challenges, particularly in the context of the domain of African traditions and laws. In this regard, it is important to engage the often-held conceptions of gender and the antecedent discrimination and bias in the context of African Customary Law. The conference is further intended to interrogate how far constructs of customary
norms under different themes have shifted to, amongst others, explore what challenges are faced when trying to introduce reforms to effect equality of genders in the milieus of private and public life participation in terms of customary law practice.
Theme
Reflections on Gender in the Context of Customary Law in the African Continent.
Sub themes
o Marriage (Including marriage formation and other perspectives in family law)
o Land rights (Gender challenges in land tenure held Under traditional leadership)
o Succession to traditional leadership
o Regional integration
o Conflict of laws challenges (plurality of legal systems challenges and gender)
o Human rights and traditional law gender challenges
o Gendered perspectives in traditional court procedure
o Property ownership
Eligibility
The CIL (College of Law, Unisa) therefore invites law academics, legal practitioners, scholars from other disciplines, public servants, government officials, traditional leaders, students and non-governmental organisations to submit abstracts or papers for presentation at the conference.
Abstract Submission
- Font style : Arial
- Font size: 12+
- Word Count: should not exceed 350 words.
Important Dates
- Date of conference : 11-12 August 2021 ( To be held virtually)
- Abstract submission deadline : 02 July 2021.
Submission Guidelines
Abstracts should be sent to Adv NC Motsumi [email protected] , Mrs N Dlamini-Ndwandwe [email protected] and Ms Unathi [email protected] no later than 02 July 2021. Full papers to be presented will be peer-reviewed and published in the special edition of the Southern African Public Law Journal in early 2022.
Further information, including details of the online platform, will be communicated in due course.
