Abstract
Human rights are vital ingredients and are necessary for human well-being and development. They are inherent, universal, interrelated, interdependent, inalienable, and indivisible. Hence, no matter one’s colour, religion, language, sex, ethnicity or social status, one is entitled to these rights on the basis of being human. However, the case takes another shape in most African societies as it pertains to women as women are still abused on a daily basis in the forms of rape, forced marriage, mal-treatment, subjected to inhumane treatment during widowhood, deprivation of personal income or property, no right to inheritance, domestic violence, etc. It is, therefore, on this note that this work pays attention to the problem of women's rights in Africa. The work argues that the act of often disregarding women's rights does not portray the acclaimed African sense of hospitality, socialism, communalism and respect for life. The work holds that the systems that have enslaved and subjected women must be interrogated, modified, changed or scraped for an inclusive society that will respect all human beings. It holds that women are human beings, and they share in the equality of humanness. They are human beings with dignity, and as such, they should be appreciated and respected.