African Women in the Development Process
1st Edition
Published on 28. October 2013
160 pages
978-1-136-28118-1 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1981. The World Conference in Mexico City in 1975 marked the beginning of a global examination of women's roles in the economic, political and social life of their societies and a recognition of their right to participate fully and equally in all aspects of society. Most of the articles in this volume confirm, a great deal more needs to be done. Women continue to be more underfed, under educated and overworked than men ... a neglected and under-utilized minority. All of the articles in this Special Issue concentrate on sub-Saharan Africa, with the exception of Beneria's paper 'Accounting for Women's Work' which is a genera theoretical article. Most of the articles (five out of eight) in this issue deal with specific situations in which African women find themselves, ranging widely from sub-elite nurses in Zambia to the efforts of uneducated women in Nigeria to form a cooperative. Two of these articles concern the effect of development projects on women.
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Language
English
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London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
35,50 MB
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978-1-136-28118-1 (9781136281181)
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Content
Introduction, NiciNelson; Chapter 1 Conceptualizing the Labor Force: The Underestimation of Women's Economic Activities, LourdesBener?a; Chapter 2 Women and Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Development (an Exploratory Study), Judy C.Bryson; Chapter 3 Mobilising Village Women : Some Organisational and Management Considerations, NiciNelson; Chapter 4 An Analysis of the Impact of Labour Migration on the Lives of Women in Lesotho, ElizabethGordon; Chapter 5 Perspectives in Development: The Problem of Nurses and Nursing in Zambia, IlsaSchuster; Chapter 6 Development Policies in Tanzania - Some Implications for Women, PatCaplan; Chapter 7 Gambian Women: Unequal Partners in Rice Development Projects?, JennieDey; Chapter 8 Developing Women's Cooperatives: An Experiment in Rural Nigeria, PatriciaLadipo;
