Title: Gender, economies, and entitlements in Africa /
Authors: Annan-Yao, Elisabeth.; Codesria.
Publisher: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Women Africa Economic conditions.; Sex role Africa.; Sex discrimination against women Africa.
Abstract: The second title in the Codesria Gender Series, which aims to invigorate the African social sciences with debates that challenge conventional wisdom, received ideologies and gender stereotypes, and to showcase the best in African gender research. Gender, Economies and Entitlements in Africa draws extensively on feminist methodologies to discuss gender, economies and entitlements in Africa. It considers a series of themes that highlight how structural insensitivities, injustices and inequalities render the marginalisation of women in spite of their often-disproportionate contributions to the domestic and national economies in Africa. Issues explored are gender relations in the family; formal education and health; gender and access to resources; women's experience of citizenship; sexual identities and sex work; and globalisation, trade and gender. Throughout, the contributors argue that against phenomenal structural constraints, women as economic agents have consistently struggled to resist degradation.
Contents: Analysis of gender relations in the family, formal education, and health / Elizabeth Annan-Yao -- Gender trauma in Africa / Sylvia Tamale -- Gender and resources / Godisang Mookodi -- Accessibility of resources by gender : the case of Morogoro Region in Tanzania / Christine G. Ishengoma -- Trajectories of women, environmental degradation, and scarcity [Ethiopia] / Zenebe N. Bashaw -- Understanding women's experiences of citizenship in Nigeria / Charmaine Pereira -- Interrogating sexual identities and sex work [Kampala, Uganda] / Richard Ssewakiryanga -- Globalisation, trade, and gender--the key concerns / Grace Ongile -- Globalisation and the feminisation of poverty [South Africa] / Manthiba Phalane -- Globalization and the question of gender-justice : the Nigerian experience / Chris Okechukwu Uroh.