Gender,
Economies and Entitlements in Africa
CODESRIA Gender Series Volume 2
Published December 2004; 190 pages; ISBN: 2-86978-139-3
This theoretically sophisticated and empirically grounded book
draws extensively on feminist methodologies to discuss gender,
economies and entitlements in Africa. It deals critically with a
broad range of themes that highlight the structural
insensitivities, stereotypes, injustices and inequalities that
women are often victims of, despite their significant
contributions to household and national economies throughout
Africa. Among the issues covered are: gender relations in the
family, formal education and health; gender and accessibility to
resources; women’s experiences of citizenship; sex identities
and sex work; and globalisation, trade and gender. The book
captures how, despite phenomenal structural constraints, women
as economic agents have refused to celebrate victimhood.
The CODESRIA Gender Series acknowledges the need to challenge
the masculinities underpinning the structures of repression that
target women. The series aims to keep alive and nourish African
social science research with insightful research and debates
that challenge conventional wisdom, structures and ideologies
that are narrowly informed by caricatures of gender realities.
It strives to showcase the best in African gender research and
provide a platform for the emergence of new talents to flower.
Published December 2004; 190 pages; ISBN: 2-86978-139-3
Rest of the world: 15.00 USD; Africa: non-CFA 10.50 USD; CFA
6,000
Contributors
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Elizabeth Annan-Yao
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Zenebe N. Bashaw
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Christine G. Ishengoma
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Godisang Mookodi
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Grace Ongile
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Charmaine Pereira
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Manthiba Phalane
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Richard Ssewakiryanga
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Sylvia Tamale
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Chris Okechukwu Uroh
Contents
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Contributors
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iv |
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Preface
|
iv |
Chapter 1
Analysis of Gender Relations in the Family, Formal Education
and health., Elizabeth Annan-Yao |
1 |
Chapter 2
Gender Trauma in Africa: Enhancing Women’s Links to
Resources.,
Sylvia Tamale |
18 |
Chapter 3
Gender and Resources: Some Macro and Micro Level
Considerations
Godisang Mookodi |
32 |
Chapter 4
Accessibility of Resources by Gender: The Case of Morogoro
Region in Tanzania
Christine G. Ishengoma |
53 |
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Chapter 5
Trajectories of Women, Environmental Degradation and
Scarcity: Examining Access to and Control over Resources
in Ethiopia
Zenebe N. Bashaw |
67 |
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Chapter 6
Understanding Women’s Experiences of Citizenship in Nigeria:
Charmaine Pereira |
87 |
Chapter 7
Sexual Identities and Sex Work – Interrogating the
Interface: A Study on Constructed Identities Among Female
Sex Workers in Kampala
Richard Ssewakiryanga |
111 |
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Chapter 8
Globalisation, Trade and Gender – The Key Concerns
Grace
Ongile |
146 |
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Chapter 9
Globalisation and the Feminisation of Poverty: A South
African Perspective on Expansion, Inequality and Identity
Crises
Manthiba Phalane |
159 |
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Chapter 10
Globalization and the Question of Gender-Justice: The
Nigerian Experience
Chris Okechukwu Uroh |
167 |
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