Zimbabwean women in the informal economic sector: A manifestation of African feminism.
Published: 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9780494214190
Description: African academics are theorising about an African feminism, yet those advocating for a universal feminist identity are reluctant to acknowledge the need for such a stance. The following thesis will attempt to illustrate an elemental concern for women of colour and women proposing racialised feminist philosophies---that women are not the same world over and thus their different realities cannot be addressed by mainstream feminism as it stands today. To demonstrate the individuality of African women's lives, a study will explore the realities of Zimbabwean women with a focus on their activities within the informal economic sector. Attention is also paid to women's organising activities because it is proposed in this study, that organisation is a particular skill of African women, and is one of the ways in which they express their feminism. Overall, illuminating the differences between Western and African women will fundamentally justify a feminism that is African.
Notes: Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-03, page: 1303.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2006.

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