Power, Gender and Social Change in AfricaRaj Bardouille, Margaret Grieco Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009 M03 26 - 359 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 Development—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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... practices into focus—revealing flaws in their basic assumptions and questions about their results. The referenced activities are drawn from organizations that are either American (in origin and personnel) or multilateral (but arguably ...
... practice accomplishments relating to domestic violence in South Africa, noting that it strengthened legislation by expanding the term “abuse” to include more than physical abuse and addressed the responsibilities of the police. In ...
... practices. They also emphasize the “substantive” component of legal systems, i.e. laws, with attention to the institutional components out of concern for the effectiveness of the laws—but give little consideration to “legal culture ...
... practices from Southern Africa include a Legal Aid and Counseling program in Botswana, as well as legal aid services and a pre-trial handbook to help women understand the court process in cases of rape in South Africa. Recognizing ...
... practice it, may not fit the “legal culture” and may therefore not be the most effective way to change people's attitudes and behaviors in Africa. If the objective is to change how people regard women, treat them and relate to them ...