Power, Gender, and Social Change in AfricaMuna Ndulo, Margaret Grieco Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009 - 397 pages Gender 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 Developmentā "Through 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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... violence against women as a " family matter , " and further victimize a victim of rape . In each case , the officials ' biases and attitudes ( stemming from custom , practice and competing normative frameworks ) preclude honest ...
... violence . He described the " hidden , repetitive character " of domestic violence , its ubiquity in cutting across class , race , culture and geographic boundaries , and the deleterious consequences for society of its persistence . He ...
... Violence in the Congo War . 1993. Seeking Refuge , Finding Terror : The Widespread Rape of Somali Women Refugees in North Eastern Kenya . April 2004. Vol . 16 , No. 5 ( A ) . Darfur in Flames : Atrocities in Western Sudan . http://www ...
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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