Abstract |
tension between collective group rights and women's individual rights. I outline how San women in the Omaheke Region of Namibia confront simultaneous and mutually-reinforcing racial, ethnic, class and gender inequalities, and illustrate how intersectional discrimination often puts their human rights priorities at odds with the international indigenous movement's goal of securing group rights. I suggest that addressing indigenous women's rights issues requires a better balance of individual and collective rights, which includes indigenous women's experiences and interests as central features of their communities' collective concerns. |