Power, Gender, and Social Change in AfricaGender plays a hugely significant and too often under-considered role in predicting how accessible resources such as education, wage-based employment, physical and mental health care, adequate nutrition and housing will be to an individual or community. According to a 2001 World Bank report titled Engendering DevelopmentThrough Gender Equality in Rights, Resources, and Voice, enormous disparities exist between men and women in terms of basic rights and the power to determine the future, both in Africa and around the globe. A better understanding of the links between gender, public policy and development outcomes would allow for more effective policy formulation and implementation at many levels. This book, through its discussion of the challenges, achievements and lessons learned in efforts to attain gender equality, sheds light on these important issues. The book contains chapters from an interdisciplinary group of scholars, including sociologists, economists, political scientists, scholars of law, anthropologists, historians and others. The work includes analysis of strategic gender initiatives, case studies, research, and policies as well as conceptual and theoretical pieces. With its format of ideas, resources and recorded experiences as well as theoretical models and best practices, the book is an important contribution to academic and political discourse on the intricate links between gender, power, and social change in Africa and around the world. |
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The Protocol addresses " specific problems and issues that have been major
constraints and hindrances for African women in the past , ” including " the right to
inheritance , widowhood , affirmative action to promote equal access and ...
In addition to oversimplifying and over - generalizing problems that African
women face when these problems are translated into the realm of women ' s
human rights activism , there are additional difficulties in seeking redress for
violation of ...
According to Coulibaly , the secret of the area ' s success in reducing neonatal
and maternal mortality lies in the determination of its women to tackle these
problems . They have organized themselves into teams for taking charge of their
health ...
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Contents
Powerful Mothers and Equal Rights | 60 |
The Economic Roots of African Womens Political Participation | 77 |
Activisim Scholarship and Gender | 94 |
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