Discrimination and Violence against Women with Disabilities in Africa: Introducing Innocent Asouzu’s Complementarity
| Autor: | Joyline Gwara, Diana Ekor, Aribiah David Attoe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Philosophia Africana. 21:63-77 |
| ISSN: | 1944-7914 1539-8250 |
| DOI: | 10.5325/philafri.21.2.0063 |
| Popis: | To the authors’ knowledge, not much has been said or done in African philosophical circles with regard to providing a theoretical framework from which the discrimination against African women with disabilities can be addressed. In this article, the authors show how such a framework can be grounded in Innocent Asouzu’s complementarism. Their contention, one grounded in this framework, is that this discrimination has its roots in an isolationist, elitist, and exclusivist mindset/metaphysics. The authors further argue that one way to overcome this problematic mindset is to replace it with one that views each individual human being as a missing link of reality, that is, a complementary philosophy. The hope is that with this replacement the gaze that subconsciously views women living with disability as a group that is distinguishable from other human beings will be summarily abandoned. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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