Zeitzen notes that Western [[perceptions]] of African society and [[marriage]] [[patterns]] are [[biased]] by "contradictory concerns of [[nostalgia]] for traditional African culture versus critique of ''polygamy'' as oppressive to [[women]] or detrimental to development. Many international human rights organisations as well as women's rights groups in many countries have called for its abolition. The practice has been ruled to violate the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICCPR ICCPR] (International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights), and the United Nations has recommended that the [[practice]] be abolished.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy] | Zeitzen notes that Western [[perceptions]] of African society and [[marriage]] [[patterns]] are [[biased]] by "contradictory concerns of [[nostalgia]] for traditional African culture versus critique of ''polygamy'' as oppressive to [[women]] or detrimental to development. Many international human rights organisations as well as women's rights groups in many countries have called for its abolition. The practice has been ruled to violate the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICCPR ICCPR] (International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights), and the United Nations has recommended that the [[practice]] be abolished.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy] |