Women Researching In Africa

Author : Ruth Jackson,Max Kelly
Publisher : Springer
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319945026

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Women Researching in Africa by Ruth Jackson,Max Kelly Pdf

This edited collection explores the lives, consequences and motivations of female researchers in Africa, giving unprecedented insights into how their gender—and sometimes their ethnicity and age—impacted on their research experiences, and how doing research in Africa affected them as women. Each contributor considers her place or position in the research process and provides a vivid portrait of that experience. Drawing on research findings from Nigeria, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Malawi, Uganda and other African countries, the book looks at gender and identity as a female researcher in Africa; relationships with 'others'; and unique methodological challenges for female researchers in Africa. With refreshing candour, each chapter challenges other researchers in Africa (both women and men), to integrate critical reflections of gender and diverse gendered field experiences into their work. Women Researching in Africa will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including development studies, anthropology, geography, gender studies and international studies.

Author : An Ansoms,Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka,Susan Thomson
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781847012692

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Field Research in Africa by An Ansoms,Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka,Susan Thomson Pdf

An essential exploration of and guide to research ethics in the field.

Author : Oyeronke Oyewumi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137090096

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African Gender Studies by Oyeronke Oyewumi Pdf

This is the first comprehensive reader that brings African experiences to bear on the ongoing global discussions of women, gender, and society. Bringing together the essential writing on this topic from the last 25 years, these essays discuss gender in Africa from a multi-disciplinary perspective.

Author : Eileen Kane
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Education
ISBN : 0821334530

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Seeing for Yourself by Eileen Kane Pdf

This handbook provides information to help the policymaker or educator understand the research process in order to study problems and opportunities associated with the education of girls in Africa. In Africa, girls account for only 57% of the school-age population. They are more likely to drop out of school and to score lower on the examinations that determine their enrollment at postprimary levels. Research into the education of girls has the potential to improve their opportunities, and to raise the educational level of society in African countries. The purpose of research is outlined, and steps in planning a research project are defined. The discussion of the planning phase includes a discussion of sampling and sample size selection. Part III of this manual reviews the basic tools of the social science researcher. Literature reviews, techniques such as surveys and interviews, and qualitative research are described. A final section considers working with research findings and using the results. Appendixes present a sample research outline, an example data grid, and a list of some research instruments commonly used in the study of education of girls. Suggested readings are listed with each chapter. (Contains 36 figures, 50 tables, 33 illustrative boxes, and 104 references.) (SLD)

Author : Patricia Stamp,International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9780889365384

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Technology, Gender, and Power in Africa by Patricia Stamp,International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

Technology, Gender and Power in Africa

Author : Jane Bennett,Sylvia Tamale
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9782869787353

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Research on Gender and Sexualities in Africa by Jane Bennett,Sylvia Tamale Pdf

This collection comprises a diverse and stimulating collection of essays on questions of gender and sexualities, crafted by both established and younger researchers. The collection includes fascinating insights into topics as varied as the popularity of thong underwear in urban Kenya, the complexity of Tanzanian youths negotiation of HIV-cultures, the dialogues between religion and controversial questions in sexualities activism, and the meaning of living as a Zimbabwean girl, who became HIV-positive because her mother had no access to antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy. Some pieces deepen contemporary debates, others initiate new questions. The collection seeks to sustain and invigorate research, policy-making and continentally-focused thought on difficult, yet compelling, realities.

Author : Cheryl R. Rodriguez,Dzodzi Tsikata,Akosua Adomako Ampofo
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498507172

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Transatlantic Feminisms by Cheryl R. Rodriguez,Dzodzi Tsikata,Akosua Adomako Ampofo Pdf

Transatlantic Feminisms is an interdisciplinary collection of original feminist research on women’s lives in Africa and the African diaspora. Demonstrating the power and value of transcontinental connections and exchanges between feminist thinkers, this unique collection of fifteen essays addresses the need for global perspectives on gender, ethnicity, race and class. Examining diverse topics and questions in contemporary feminist research, the authors describe and analyze women’s lives in a host of vibrant, compelling locations. There are essays exploring women’s political activism in Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Santo Domingo, Jamaica and Tanzania. Other essays explore representation and creativity in Brazil, Nigeria, and Miami. While one essay examines African women as conflicted immigrants in France, another recounts the experiences of Haitian women trying to survive in the Dominican Republic. Core themes of the book include the evolution of black feminism; black feminist political leadership; the politics of identity and representation; and struggles for agency and survival. These themes are interwoven throughout the volume and illuminate different geographic and cultural experiences, yet very similar oppressive forces and forms of resistance.

Author : Kate Grantham,Gillian Dowie,Arjan de Haan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000340341

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Women's Economic Empowerment by Kate Grantham,Gillian Dowie,Arjan de Haan Pdf

This book investigates the barriers to women’s economic empowerment in the Global South. Drawing on evidence from a wide range of countries, the book outlines important lessons and practical solutions for promoting gender equality. Despite global progress in closing gender gaps in education and health, women’s economic empowerment has lagged behind, with little evidence that economic growth promotes gender equality. International Development Research Centre’s (IDRC) Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) programme was set up to provide policy lessons, insights, and concrete solutions that could lead to advances in gender equality, particularly on the role of institutions and macroeconomic growth, barriers to labour market access for women, and the impact of women’s care responsibilities. This book showcases rigorous and multi-disciplinary research emerging from this ground-breaking programme, covering topics such as the school-to-work transition, child marriage, unpaid domestic work and childcare, labour market segregation, and the power of social and cultural norms that prevent women from fully participating in better paid sectors of the economy. With a range of rich case studies from Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Uganda, this book is perfect for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers working on women’s economic empowerment and gender equality in the Global South.

Author : Ineke Buskens,Anne Webb
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848131927

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African Women and ICTs by Ineke Buskens,Anne Webb Pdf

Based on the outcome of an extensive research project, this book features chapters based on original primary field research undertaken by academics & activists who have investigated situations within their own communities & countries.

Author : Amina Mama
Publisher : Working Paper S
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021321687

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Women's Studies and Studies of Women in Africa During the 1990s by Amina Mama Pdf

A Nigerian woman scholar addresses three main areas of literature in gender and women's studies, a discipline which has become a vast field of research, teaching and activism in Africa and beyond. She situates African women's studies in the context ofinternational feminism, regional political and institutional conditions. The study addresses recent publications in the general field of state and politics, from precolonial times to the present; reviews a range of material grouped under the heading of cultural studies; and considers the historical and contempoary literature on all aspects of women's involvement in various sphers of work and the economy. Finally, the author questions the relationship between women's studies and the women's movement in Africa.

Author : Deborah Bryceson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000323801

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Women Wielding the Hoe by Deborah Bryceson Pdf

How effective is western aid-agency intervention in Africa? What can African women do to manage the AIDS crisis? Can western feminist theory be applied to the rural African context?These vital issues, and many others, are considered in this topical book by eminent scholars and development consultants. The book aims to increase awareness of the importance of women agricultural producers to African material development and to expose the western biases that have traditionally pervaded the study of rural African women. The authors' critical analyses of conventional research methodology and key 'women and development' debates over the last three decades will stimulate new research perspectives. Students and scholars of development, development workers and policymakers will all find this book fascinating reading.

Author : Christopher Cramer,Laura Hammond,Johan Pottier
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004204393

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Researching Violence in Africa by Christopher Cramer,Laura Hammond,Johan Pottier Pdf

This book examines the ethical and methodological issues that researchers working in conflict and other insecure environments regularly face. Based on in-depth research carried throughout Africa, the contributors discuss how they adapt to working in volatile and often dangerous fieldsites.

Author : Eileen Kane,Banco Mundial
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:777826896

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Seeing for Yourself by Eileen Kane,Banco Mundial Pdf

Author : L Muthoni Wanyeki
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1842770977

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Women and Land in Africa by L Muthoni Wanyeki Pdf

This volume is the product of original research into the changing situations which rural African women are experiencing in relation to land rights. The contributors highlight key land rights issues and make recommendations for each country. In a particularly interesting innovation, the volume examines the case of Ethiopia where an explicit attempt has been made not only to make the research findings available beyond the academic community, but to deploy this information in a rolling programme of advocacy. The authors argue that various social forces are now weakening customary and religious institutions; and innovative approaches to advocacy are seeking to assert women's human rights in this changing context.

Author : Ann Schlyter
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Discrimination in housing
ISBN : 9171063889

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A Place to Live by Ann Schlyter Pdf

Be it a house or a makeshift, a shared or rented room, or a home of one's own, a place to live is central in the survival strategies of all urban households. In this volume the above authors explore the gendered experiences of housing and housing rights in African countries. The collection begins with articles on conceptual and methodological problems in gender-aware research. The following articles present cases showing a wide variety in housing experiences, a variety which depends on urban setting, tenure forms, stage in the life cycle or other factors. There are many differences but also many similarities in the pattern of women not having the same access and control over housing as men have. While women are often the main bread-winners, they are also the home-makers, in the literal sense that it is women who put intense efforts into making a place home.