Women S Roles In Sub Saharan Africa

Author : Toyin Falola (Amponsah, Nana Akua)
Publisher : Unknown
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Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798216038092

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Women's Roles in Sub-Saharan Africa by Toyin Falola (Amponsah, Nana Akua) Pdf

This exhaustive exploration of the sociocultural, political, and economic roles of African women through history demonstrates how African women have shaped--and continue to shape--their societies. Women play essential, critical roles in every society; African women south of the Sahara are certainly no different. Women's Roles in Sub-Saharan Africa adds significantly to our understanding of the ways in which women contribute to the fabric of human civilization. This book provides an in-depth exploration of African women's roles in society from precolonial periods to the contemporary era. Topical sections describe the roles that women play in family, courtship and marriage, religion, work, literature and arts, and government. Each of the six chapters has been structured to elucidate women's roles and functions in society as partners, as active participants, as defenders of their status and occupations, and as agents of change. Authors Nana Akua Amponsah and Toyin Falola present a thought-provoking work that looks at the complicated victimhood/powerful-female paradigm in women and gender studies in Africa, and challenge ideological interest in African historiography that privilege male representation.

Author : Toyin Falola,Nana Akua Amponsah
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216167600

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Women's Roles in Sub-Saharan Africa by Toyin Falola,Nana Akua Amponsah Pdf

This exhaustive exploration of the sociocultural, political, and economic roles of African women through history demonstrates how African women have shaped—and continue to shape—their societies. Women play essential, critical roles in every society; African women south of the Sahara are certainly no different. Women's Roles in Sub-Saharan Africa adds significantly to our understanding of the ways in which women contribute to the fabric of human civilization. This book provides an in-depth exploration of African women's roles in society from precolonial periods to the contemporary era. Topical sections describe the roles that women play in family, courtship and marriage, religion, work, literature and arts, and government. Each of the six chapters has been structured to elucidate women's roles and functions in society as partners, as active participants, as defenders of their status and occupations, and as agents of change. Authors Nana Akua Amponsah and Toyin Falola present a thought-provoking work that looks at the complicated victimhood/powerful-female paradigm in women and gender studies in Africa, and challenge ideological interest in African historiography that privilege male representation.

Author : Kathleen Sheldon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442262935

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Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa by Kathleen Sheldon Pdf

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and a bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on individual African women in history, politics, religion, and the arts; on important events, organizations, and publications.

Author : Gwendolyn Mikell
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780812200775

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African Feminism by Gwendolyn Mikell Pdf

African feminism, this landmark volume demonstrates, differs radically from the Western forms of feminism with which we have become familiar since the 1960s. African feminists are not, by and large, concerned with issues such as female control over reproduction or variation and choice within human sexuality, nor with debates about essentialism, the female body, or the discourse of patriarchy. The feminism that is slowly emerging in Africa is distinctly heterosexual, pronatal, and concerned with "bread, butter, and power" issues. Contributors present case studies of ten African states, demonstrating that—as they fight for access to land, for the right to own property, for control of food distribution, for living wages and safe working conditions, for health care, and for election reform—African women are creating a powerful and specifically African feminism.

Author : Catherine Coquery-vidrovitch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429971044

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African Women by Catherine Coquery-vidrovitch Pdf

Over the last century, the social and economic roles played by African women have evolved dramatically. Long confined to home and field, overlooked by their menfolk and missionaries alike, African women worked, thought, dreamed, and struggled. They migrated to the cities, invented new jobs, and activated the so-called informal economy to become Africa's economic and social focal point. As a result, despite their lack of education and relatively low status, women are now Africa's best hope for the future. This sweeping and innovative book is the first to reconstruct the full history of women in sub-Saharan Africa. Tracing the lot of African women from the eve of the colonial period to the present, Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch explores the stages and forms of women's collective roles as well as their individual emancipation through revolts, urban migrations, economic impacts, social claims, political strength, and creativity. Comparing case studies drawn from throughout the region, she sheds light on issues ranging from gender to economy, politics, society, and culture. Utilizing an impressive array of sources, she highlights broad general patterns without overlooking crucial local variations. With its breadth of coverage and clear analysis of complex questions, this book is destined to become a standard text for scholars and students alike.

Author : Christine Oppong,René Wéry,Walter Mertens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : 2871080364

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Women's Roles and Demographic Change in Sub-Saharan Africa by Christine Oppong,René Wéry,Walter Mertens Pdf

Author : Mansah Prah
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789970252343

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Insights Into Gender Equity, Equality and Power Relations in Sub-saharan Africa by Mansah Prah Pdf

Since gender entered the development discourse in the Seventies, African countries have increasingly taken the concept on board in policy and practice. This concern may be due to either one or a combination of the following factors: the ideological positioning of African countries, demands by their donors and development partners, and demands by organised local groups and NGOs. Gender in the development discourse ought to transform power relations between men and women and shift them to social relations that reflect their equal access to productive resources, opportunities and social and material benefits. The result of such actions should be an achievement of comparable status of women and men. This volume, initiated by OSSREA, seeks to examine in more depth, issues regarding the gender-power imbalance in sub-Saharan African countries, with a specific focus on the eastern and southern African regions. The chapters in this book present research that examines and analyses the effectiveness and efficiency of gender mainstreaming policies, strategies and projects developed and implemented by national and international actors. The themes inter-weave with each other although they address gender issues in specific countries and specific contexts. This can be explained by the shared colonial and post-colonial heritage of African countries. It is useful, therefore, to view the structure of the book as a spiral of inter-connected issues that address similar themes, approaching them from different levels. Purely for ease of reading, the contributions have been organised into three parts, with over arching themes that at first glance may seem not to fit well together. A theme that runs through all the chapters is the persistence of patriarchal values and attitudes in Africa and its constraining effect on the achievement of gender equity and equality.

Author : Margaret Jean Hay,Sharon Stichter
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015034939218

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African Women South of the Sahara by Margaret Jean Hay,Sharon Stichter Pdf

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Author : Iris Berger,E. Frances White
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0253334764

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Women in Sub-Saharan Africa by Iris Berger,E. Frances White Pdf

"These four volumes in this major series... provide a single-source reference to the status of the field of women's history and to ways that the field can be expanded.... A basic set for all academic libraries." -- Library Journal Academic NewswireBerger and White focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, tracing women's history from earliest times to the present. By exploring their place in social, economic, political, and religious life, the authors highlight the changing societal position of women through shifts over time in ideas about gender and the connections between women's public and private spheres.

Author : Ms.Christine Dieterich,Anni Huang,Mr.Alun H. Thomas
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475540772

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Women’s Opportunities and Challenges in Sub-Saharan African Job Markets by Ms.Christine Dieterich,Anni Huang,Mr.Alun H. Thomas Pdf

As labor market data is scarce in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), this paper uses household survey data to analyze the determinants of the gender gap in the labor market and its welfare implications for five SSA countries in multinomial logit models with propensity score matching method. The analysis confirms that education opens up opportunities for women to escape agricultural feminization and engage in formal wage employment, but these opportunities diminish when women marry—a disadvantage increasingly relevant when countries develop and urbanization progresses. Opening a household enterprise offers women an alternative avenue to escape low-paid jobs in agriculture, but the increase in per capita income is lower than male-owned household enterprises. These findings underline that improving women’s education needs to be supported by measures to allow married women to keep their jobs in the wage sector.

Author : Edda Ivan-Smith,Nidhi Tandon,Jane Frances Connors
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UVA:X001398547

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Women in Sub-Saharan Africa by Edda Ivan-Smith,Nidhi Tandon,Jane Frances Connors Pdf

Author : Kathleen M. Fallon
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801890086

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Democracy and the Rise of Women's Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa by Kathleen M. Fallon Pdf

Despite a late and fitful start, democracy in Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe has recently shown promising growth. Kathleen M. Fallon discusses the role of women and women's advocacy groups in furthering the democratic transformation of formerly autocratic states. Using Ghana as a case study, Fallon examines the specific processes women are using to bring about political change. She assesses information gathered from interviews and surveys conducted in Ghana and assays the existing literature to provide a focused look at how women have become involved in the democratization of sub-Saharan nations. The narrative traces the history of democratic institutions in the region—from the imposition of male-dominated mechanisms by western states to latter-day reforms that reflect the active resurgence of women’s political power within many African cultures—to show how women have made significant recent political gains in Ghana and other emerging democracies. Fallon attributes these advances to a combination of forces, including the decline of the authoritarian state and its attendant state-run women's organizations, newly formed constitutions, and newfound access to good-governance funding. She draws the study into the larger debate over gendered networks and democratic reform by exploring how gender roles affect and are affected by the state in Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. In demonstrating how women’s activism is evolving with and shaping democratization across the region, Democracy and the Rise of Women’s Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa reveals how women’s social movements are challenging the barriers created by colonization and dictatorships in Africa and beyond.

Author : Suzanne Smith Saulniers,Cathy A. Rakowski
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Reference
ISBN : UCAL:B3987813

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Women in the Development Process by Suzanne Smith Saulniers,Cathy A. Rakowski Pdf

Author : Katrine Anderson Saito,Celia Jean Weidemann
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Agricultural extension work
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Agricultural Extension for Women Farmers in Africa by Katrine Anderson Saito,Celia Jean Weidemann Pdf

Operational guidelines on how to provide cost- effective agricultural extension services to women farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Author : Kathleen M. Fallon
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780801896743

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Democracy and the Rise of Women's Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa by Kathleen M. Fallon Pdf

Despite a late and fitful start, democracy in Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe has recently shown promising growth. Kathleen M. Fallon discusses the role of women and women's advocacy groups in furthering the democratic transformation of formerly autocratic states. Using Ghana as a case study, Fallon examines the specific processes women are using to bring about political change. She assesses information gathered from interviews and surveys conducted in Ghana and assays the existing literature to provide a focused look at how women have become involved in the democratization of sub-Saharan nations. The narrative traces the history of democratic institutions in the region—from the imposition of male-dominated mechanisms by western states to latter-day reforms that reflect the active resurgence of women’s political power within many African cultures—to show how women have made significant recent political gains in Ghana and other emerging democracies. Fallon attributes these advances to a combination of forces, including the decline of the authoritarian state and its attendant state-run women's organizations, newly formed constitutions, and newfound access to good-governance funding. She draws the study into the larger debate over gendered networks and democratic reform by exploring how gender roles affect and are affected by the state in Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. In demonstrating how women’s activism is evolving with and shaping democratization across the region, Democracy and the Rise of Women’s Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa reveals how women’s social movements are challenging the barriers created by colonization and dictatorships in Africa and beyond.