African Women And Their Networks Of Support

Author : Elene Cloete,Martha Ndakalako-Bannikov,Mariah C. Stember
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781793607409

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African Women and Their Networks of Support by Elene Cloete,Martha Ndakalako-Bannikov,Mariah C. Stember Pdf

African Women and their Networks of Support: Intervening Connections is an interdisciplinary analysis of how African women, in their different cultural, social, and political spaces, find innovative strategies to address the challenge they face and voice their often-underrepresented perspectives. These actions are often molded in either formal or informal networks of support that provide women with the necessary peer-based foundation to deal with gender discrimination, violence, and subjugation. On other occasions, women’s strategies toward change are driven by specific individuals who set the transformative agenda and trajectory toward social change. Contributors label these efforts as intervening connections, representing women's intentional actions to circumvent, disrupt, question, and ultimately rearrange structures of gender discrimination. Respective chapters capture networks that are historic and current; real, virtual, and imagined; local and transnational, and managed by women on the continent as well as in the diaspora. Considering these diverse spaces in which networking happens, contributors underscore not only how African women aim at deconstructing current systemic gender inequalities, but also how they are developing futures of gender equity and equality.

Author : Bridget Turner Kelly,Sharon Fries-Britt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000549980

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Building Mentorship Networks to Support Black Women by Bridget Turner Kelly,Sharon Fries-Britt Pdf

This new book in the Diverse Faculty in the Academy series pulls back the curtain on what Black women have done to mentor each other in higher education, provides advice for navigating unwelcoming campus environments, and explores avenues for institutions to support and foster minoritized women’s success in the academy. Chapter authors present critical approaches to advance equity and to achieve trust and transparency in the academy. Drawing on examples of mentoring between Black women students, faculty, and administrators in and outside of the academy from diverse institutional contexts, exploring the use of digital technologies, and framed by theoretical concepts from a range of disciplines, this important volume provides insights on mentoring that can be employed across all of higher education to support the success of Black women faculty. Full of actionable steps that institutional leaders can take to support the network of mentors it takes to be successful in the academy, this book is a must read for department and university leaders, faculty, and graduate students in Higher Education interested in supporting and fostering mentoring for those most vulnerable in the academic pathway for success.

Author : Bridget Turner Kelly,Sharon L. Fries-Britt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Education
ISBN : 1003147186

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Building Mentorship Networks to Support Black Women by Bridget Turner Kelly,Sharon L. Fries-Britt Pdf

"This new book in the Diverse Faculty in the Academy series pulls back the curtain on what Black women have done to mentor each other in higher education, provides advice for navigating unwelcoming campus environments, and explores avenues for institutions to support and foster minoritized women's success in the academy. Chapter authors present critical approaches to advance equity and to achieve trust and transparency in the academy. Drawing on examples of mentoring between Black women students, faculty, and administrators in and outside of the academy from diverse institutional contexts, exploring the use of digital technologies, and framed by theoretical concepts from a range of disciplines, this important volume provides insights on mentoring that can be employed across all of higher education to support the success of Black women faculty. Full of actionable steps that institutional leaders can take to support the network of mentors it takes to be successful in the academy, this book is a must read for department and university leaders, faculty, and graduate students in Higher Education interested in supporting and fostering mentoring for those most vulnerable in the academic pathway for success"--

Author : Edith Ngene Kambere
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781490780184

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A Story of Resilience by Edith Ngene Kambere Pdf

In this book, I weave together personal stories of my struggles growing up in an African culture at a time when education for girls was given little consideration, and there were stories of the traumas of surviving a political coup and a violent relocating, with stories of other women who experienced their own pains of relocating. The book offers knowledge and insight to mental health and other professionals who work closely with these women who are involved in the struggle of integrating into new Canadian communities while carrying the baggage of pre- and postmigration trauma. Although my experience is not unique among other immigrant womens stories, it has given me a reason to appreciate each day that God blesses me with life, shelter, freedom from gunshots, and an abundance of resources. I am ever grateful that as immigrants and professional workers read this book, which is an interweaving of the comments of African immigrant women, excerpts from my own personal story, and the insights of others, they will encounter new perspectives about African immigrant women (hereafter AIR women). Specifically, the section of shared stories of pre- and postmigration trauma will shed knowledge on how to begin work with a clientele who come from similar backgrounds. I especially hope that readers will be encouraged to thankfully reflect on their own experiences as people who have the privilege of living in a country that is safe.

Author : OECD,Sahel and West Africa Club
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264683358

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West African Studies Women and Trade Networks in West Africa by OECD,Sahel and West Africa Club Pdf

The report proposes the development of innovative public policies based on the reinforcement of the social capital of women and policy approaches that promote better integration of the initiatives undertaken by governments, international and non-governmental organisations to empower women and strengthen their resilience.

Author : Roksana Bahramitash,Hadi Salehi Esfahani
Publisher : Springer
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137481429

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Political and Socio-Economic Change in the Middle East and North Africa by Roksana Bahramitash,Hadi Salehi Esfahani Pdf

Political and Socio-Economic Change in the Middle East and North Africa examines the shortcomings of the economic development policies in the region before and after the Arab uprisings. Many MENA countries tried to pursue neoliberal policies to boost economic growth. However, the outcome was associated with rising and disproportionate unemployment among the youth and women. The focal point of the book is the role of gender and the ways in which policies translate into economic outcomes. Particular attention is paid to women's entrepreneurship, especially as owners of small and medium enterprises, which, as the authors argue, can potentially reduce unemployment and poverty for the population as a whole. The book offers perspectives on wholesome policies that take account of issues concerning gender and youth and, thus, contribute to lower unemployment and reduced poverty and inequity.

Author : Gillian Laura Creese
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442611597

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The New African Diaspora in Vancouver by Gillian Laura Creese Pdf

The New African Diaspora in Vancouver documents the experiences of immigrants from countries in sub-Saharan Africa on Canada's west coast. Despite their individual national origins, many adopt new identities as 'African' and are actively engaged in creating a new, place-based 'African community.' In this study, Gillian Creese analyzes interviews with sixty-one women and men from twenty-one African countries to document the gendered and racialized processes of community-building that occur in the contexts of marginalization and exclusion as they exist in Vancouver. Creese reveals that the routine discounting of previous education by potential employers, the demeaning of African accents and bodies by society at large, cultural pressures to reshape gender relations and parenting practices, and the absence of extended families often contribute to downward mobility for immigrants. The New African Diaspora in Vancouver maps out how African immigrants negotiate these multiple dimensions of local exclusion while at the same time creating new spaces of belonging and emerging collective identity.

Author : Lizelle Bisschoff,Stefanie Van de Peer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781351854702

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Women in African Cinema by Lizelle Bisschoff,Stefanie Van de Peer Pdf

Women in African Cinema: Beyond the Body Politic showcases the very prolific but often marginalised presence of women in African cinema, both on the screen and behind the camera. This book provides the first in-depth and sustained examination of women in African cinema. Films by women from different geographical regions are discussed in case studies that are framed by feminist theoretical and historical themes, and seen through an anti-colonial, philosophical, political and socio-cultural cinematic lens. A historical and theoretical introduction provides the context for thematic chapters exploring topics ranging from female identities, female friendships, women in revolutionary cinema, motherhood and daughterhood, women’s bodies, sexuality, and spirituality. Each chapter serves up a theoretical-historical discussion of the chosen theme, followed by two in-depth case studies that provide contextual and transnational readings of the films as well as outlining production, distribution and exhibition contexts. This book contributes to the feminist anti-racist revision of the canon by placing African women filmmakers squarely at the centre of African film culture. Demonstrating the depth and diversity of the feminine or female aesthetic in African cinema, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of African cinema, media studies and African studies.

Author : Peter J. Aspinall,Martha J. Chinouya
Publisher : Springer
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137456540

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The African Diaspora Population in Britain by Peter J. Aspinall,Martha J. Chinouya Pdf

This insightful book examines the Black African diaspora in Britain through an examination of its demography, recent patterns of migration, changing patterns of residence, and socio-economic position. It provides an analysis of the areas where Black Africans face disadvantage, including labour market participation, housing markets, health and social care, and residence in deprived neighbourhoods. This original and important research also deals with categories and identities, using data collected in the 2011 Census on national identity, and the resulting investigation of the social, cultural and civic life of Black Africans presents the substantial heterogeneity concealed in the label 'Black African', concluding by highlighting the policy implications of this vital research.

Author : United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Research
ISBN : MINN:31951D017552980

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Women's Research and Development Opportunities in Selected ESCWA Member Countries by United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia Pdf

Author : Denise L. Spitzer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132414298

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Negotiating Identities by Denise L. Spitzer Pdf

Author : Erika D. Gault
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781479805860

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Networking the Black Church by Erika D. Gault Pdf

Provides a timely portrait of young Black Christians and how digital technology is transforming the Black Church They stand at the forefront of the Black Lives Matter movement, push the boundaries of the Black Church through online expression of Christian hip hop, and redefine what it means to be young, Black, and Christian in America. Young Black adults represent the future of African American religiosity, yet little is known regarding their religious lives beyond the Black Church. Networking the Black Church explores how deeply embedded digital technology is in the lives of young Black Christians, offering a first-of-its-kind digital-hip hop ethnography. Erika D. Gault argues that a new religious ethos has emerged among young adult Blacks in America. To understand Black Christianity today it is not enough to look at the traditional Black Church. The Black Church is itself being changed by what she calls digital Black Christians. The volume examines the ways in which Christian hip hop artists who have adopted Black-preaching-inspired spoken word performances create alternate kinds of Christian communities both inside and outside the walls of traditional Black churches. Framed around interviews with prominent Black Christian hip hop artists, it explores the multiple ways that digital Black Christians construct religious identity and meaning through video-sharing and social media. In the process, these digital Black Christians are changing Black churches as institutions, transforming modes of religious activism, inventing new communication practices around evangelism and Christian identity, and streamlining the accessibility of Black Church cultural practices in popular culture. Erika D. Gault provides a fascinating portrait of young Black faith, illuminating how the relationship between religion and digital media is changing the lived experiences of a new generation of Black Christians.

Author : Pearl K. Ford Dowe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780197650790

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The Radical Imagination of Black Women by Pearl K. Ford Dowe Pdf

"The Radical Imagination of Black Women: Ambition, Politics and Power explores how elite Black women decide to seek political office. Despite their marginalized existence Black women engage in a robust political participation that includes seeking elected office. Utilizing interviews of Black women who currently or have served in office and focus group data of Black women, the manuscript bridges the literatures of ambition theory and marginalization through a theory I refer to a "ambition on the margins". Black women's resistance to marginalization informs us about the conditions that shape Black women and their political socialization, while ambition theory helps us understand what they do in response to marginalization. The socialization process fosters the decision-making process of Black women. This framework moves the extant literature beyond the premise that the political ambition of Black women is less than White women or men. Political science's approach to ambition negates and disregards mechanisms beyond voting that Black women often engage in such as doing political work through community and civic organizations. That data provided from interviews reveal the complex dynamics that contribute to the nuanced process that Black women emerge as candidates and engage as politicians"--

Author : M. Cristina Alcalde,Paula-Irene Villa
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813195629

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#MeToo and Beyond by M. Cristina Alcalde,Paula-Irene Villa Pdf

#NiUnaMenos #Aufschrei #LoSHA Before #MeToo became a massive global movement, these were the hashtags that represented activists from Ukraine to Peru who demanded accountability for the sexual violence and racism, xenophobia, and misogyny inflicted on women, transgender people, and girls. Led by activists such as Tarana Burke, who popularized the phrase "me too," these movements provided a call to action for survivors across the world to speak out about their experiences. In #MeToo and Beyond, M. Cristina Alcalde and Paula-Irene Villa bring together scholars and activists from various backgrounds to approach #MeToo from multiple spaces, positionalities, and areas of expertise, many from regions and contexts often overlooked and understudied in the mediascapes of the global North. This volume includes perspectives from around the world and touches on diverse topics spanning masculinity studies, transgender people's heightened risk of suffering sexual harassment and violence, the internal conflict in American Jewish communities as activists began speaking out against prominent members who relied on shared cultural values to shame their victims, as well as many other significant aspects of the first all-inclusive international effort to end gender-based violence. The editors and contributors heed Burke's call to amplify marginalized voices so that instead of becoming footnotes, these voices guide activists to frame polyphony as central to understanding past, current, and future forms of gender-based violence and resistance. The goal of #MeToo and Beyond is to examine both profoundly universal and specific experiences of sexual violence, as well as the collective effort to stop gender-based violence wherever it occurs. Activists and scholars will find this book an important and necessary contribution to current and future discussions on sexual violence and global movements.

Author : Sharon Hines Smith
Publisher : Garland Science
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000526516

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African American Daughters and Elderly Mothers by Sharon Hines Smith Pdf

First published in 1998. The death of an elderly person— and its impact on an adult child—is considered so "normal" that it has attracted scant attention. This study attempts to fill that gap by examining a specific slice of a specific ethnic group and looking at the meaning of elderly mothers’ deaths for their adult, African American daughters— from the perspective of those daughters.