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Books on: africa woman social

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Women in Africa: Studies in Social and Economic Change

Book by Nancy J. Hafkin, Edna G. Bay; Stanford University Press, 1976

Subjects:

Women--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Economic Conditions, Women--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social Conditions

Collections: History, Entire Library

...and men dressing as women and women as men. In Buha, for example...is possessed. In this way women may be allowed possibilities...womens place in the established social order are not threatened...the hearth because she is a woman" Beattie 1961: 32, n. 9...Zulu woman can win general social prestige" quoted in Lee 1969...
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Women and the Remaking of Politics in Southern Africa: Negotiating Autonomy, Incorporation and Representation

Book by Gisela Geisler; Nordic African Institute, 2004

Subjects:

Africa, Southern--Politics And Government--20th Century, Africa, Southern--Social Policy, Political Participation--Africa, Southern, Women In Politics--Africa, Southern, Women's Rights--Africa, Southern, Women--Africa, Southern--Social Conditions--20th Century

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...Samora, The Liberation of Women Is a Fundamental Necessity...Thuli, Beyond putting women on the agenda, Agenda...Patronage: On Whose Agenda? Woman Plus (Zimbabwe Womens...1984. Makan, Vainola, Women in Africa: Womens movements and...Engendering African Social Sciences. Dakar 1997...
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The Heritage of Islam: Women, Religion, and Politics in West Africa

Book by Lucy Creevey, Barbara Callaway; Lynne Rienner, 1994

Subjects:

Islam--Social Aspects--Africa, West, Muslim Women--Nigeria, Muslim Women--Senegal, Women--Africa, West--Social Conditions, Women--Legal Status, Laws, Etc. (Islamic Law)--Africa, West

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...shared between the sexes and women begin to move in significant...arbiter. Upon divorce, a woman is permitted to keep whatever...specified period of time idda , a woman forgoes social contacts and lives as though...period of six months. Should a woman become divorced or widowed...
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Courtyards, Markets, City Streets: Urban Women in Africa

Book by Kathleen E. Sheldon; Westview Press, 1996

Subjects:

Urban Women--Africa

Collections: History, Entire Library

...to the liberation of women and their financial emancipation...and the Liberation of Women To what extent does prostitution...petit-metier permit a woman to gain financial autonomy...young girl or woman in Africa is jealously controlled by the social group she belongs to...is exercised to avoid social disorder and often results...
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Gender and Development in the Middle East and North Africa: Women in the Public Sphere

Book by Mena Development Report; World Bank, 2004

Subjects:

Sex Discrimination Against Women--Africa, North, Sex Discrimination Against Women--Middle East, Sex Role--Africa, North, Sex Role--Middle East, Women In Development--Africa, North, Women In Development--Middle East

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...ill the Middle East and North Africa: Engaging with the Wor-ld...Assessment. Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank. Processed...Potential in the Middle East and North Africa: Toward a New Social Contract. MENA Development Report...

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Journal Articles on: africa woman social

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Integrating Literature to Teach about Women of West Africa

Journal article by Julie Doughty; Social Education, Vol. 67, 2003

Subjects:

Africans--Study and teaching, West Africa, Women--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Education, Literature, Entire Library

...literature to teach about women of West Africa by Julie Doughty Despite...rich resources, most social studies courses fail...women. (1) If women of Africa are studied at all...literature can be an ally for social studies teachers as we...
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The Social Grants and Black Women in South Africa(I): a Case Study of Bophelong(Ii) Township in Gauteng

Journal article by Maria Van Driel; Journal of International Women's Studies, Vol. 10, 2009

Subjects:

African Americans, Coal mining, Contracts, Electricity, Families & family life, Foster care, Poverty, Production methods, Research methodology, Toilet facilities, Women

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The Social Grants and Black Women in South Africa(I): a Case Study of Bophelong(Ii) Township in...research question: 1. What is the significance of the social grants in South Africa and 2. What is the specific position of black women...
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The Institution of Woman-Marriage in Africa: A Cross-Cultural Analysis

Journal article by Beth Greene; Ethnology, Vol. 37, 1998

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Africa--Social aspects, Igbo (African people)--Social aspects, Same-sex marriage--Africa, Women--Africa

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...marriage in Africa: a cross...Beth Greene Woman-marriage...between two women, included...availability of social and political power to women, but also...gender. Woman-marriage...gender roles, Africa) The institution...1979. Woman-Marriage in Africa: A Critical...Kinship and Social Structure...Detachability of Women: Gender...
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Woman-to-Woman Marriage: Practices and Benefits in Sub-Saharan Africa

Journal article by R. Jean Cadigan; Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 29, 1998

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Same-sex marriage--Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa--Social aspects, Women, Black--Family

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...counterparts, marry women to increase their social status and as...this reason for woman-to-woman...1969) of East Africa. Kimutu (1994...woman-to-woman marriage has been a way in which women could substantially advance their social status and...apparent decline of woman-to-woman...are: 1) West Africa (mainly Nigeria...
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Algerian Women at the Edge of Time: New Social Movements Stand against Fundamentalisms

Journal article by Marie-Aimee Helie-Lucas; Resources for Feminist Research, Vol. 26, 1998

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Africa, Algeria, Islam, Political issues, Social activism, Social conditions, Violence against women, Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Algerian Women at the Edge of Time: New Social Movements Stand against...applied to blacks in South Africa under the name apartheid...victims of terrorism and of women." (f.7) The Courrier...1994 cites amongst the women assassinated during the...a young employed woman, the wife of an engineer...

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Magazine Articles on: africa woman social

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Economic and Social Council Considers Issues Relating to Human Rights, Women, Drugs, Homeless, Southern Africa

Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 23, August 1986

Subjects:

Civil rights--International aspects, Drug abuse--Prevention, Homelessness--Prevention, International organization--Social policy, Southern Africa--Social aspects, United Nations. Economic and Social Council--Social policy, Women--Social aspects

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Economic and Social Council Considers Issues...Relating to Human Rights, Women, Drugs, Homeless, Southern Africa. Action by the 54-member Economic and Social Council at its first...relating to southern Africa, the Middle East and...
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Pesticides and Women Agricultural Workers in South Africa: a Question of Social Justice

Magazine article by Leslie London; Women & Environments International Magazine, Fall 2001

Subjects:

Agricultural production, Agriculture, Environment, Farmworkers, Gardens & gardening, Globalization, Health aspects, Herbicides & pesticides, International, Occupational hazards, Pesticides, Poisons, South Africa, Women

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...Africa: a Question of Social Justice by Leslie London...employment for women in South Africa. However, working conditions...lack of health and social services, and uneven...employed male farm worker. Women farm workers are thus...accommodation for the woman (and children, if any...Womens Exposures South Africa is the largest market...
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Good News for All Women of Africa: There Will Be 50% Women and 50% Men in the AU Commission. Historic, Reports Tom Mbakwe

Magazine article by Tom Mbakwe; New African, September 2002

Subjects:

Africa--Political aspects, African Union--Social policy, Equality--Political aspects, International agencies--Social policy, International organizations--Social policy, Women in politics--Africa

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Good News for All Women of Africa: There Will Be 50% Women...Things are really happening in Africa! Days after launching the...Commission is going to get - 50% women, 50% men. The groundbreaking...from each region shall be a woman". The 10 commissioners will...two candidates, including a woman for each portfolio". Now...eligible Africans, both men and women, to rise up to the challenge...
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The Women of South Africa

Magazine article by Lynn Norment; Ebony, Vol. 49, August 1994

Subjects:

Women's rights--South Africa, Women--South Africa

Collections: Entire Library

...rights. In many areas, women could not own property...out that South African women were taxed more than men; and that a Black woman in need of an official...single professional women who got pregnant lost...is increasing in South Africa. According to Albertina...gender, sex, ethnic or social origin, color, sexual...
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African Women Respond: Summary Report on G8 and Nepad Plans and the Impact on Women in Africa

Magazine article; Women & Environments International Magazine, Spring 2003

Subjects:

Africa, Funding, New Partnership for Africas Development, Orientations, Summit conferences, Sustainable development, Women

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African Women Respond: Summary Report...the Impact on Women in Africa AT THE G8 SUMMIT IN CANADA...overseas development aid to Africa will increase by $ 12...Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Sudan and representatives...economic, agricultural, social, political, or security...

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Newspaper Articles on: africa woman social

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'MY OUTRAGE OUTRAGE AT THAT GIRL'S ORDEAL WAS A TURNING POINT'; Once a Key Player on London's Social Scene, Dr Anna Brocklebank Was Also a Secret Drug Addict. Then Her Life Changed for Ever When She Treated a Woman from Sierra Leone Who Had Suffered Horrific Abuse as a Child. Here She Tells Catherine O'Brien How Her Own Recovery Gave Her the Drive to Help the Poorest Children in Africa

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 30, 2010

Subjects:

Drug abusers, Drug addicts

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Key Player on Londons Social Scene, Dr Anna Brocklebank...Ever When She Treated a Woman from Sierra Leone Who...the Poorest Children in Africa. T he young woman was...Sierra Leone in West Africa, and nine years earlier...key player on Londons social scene. In the kitchen...
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'MY OUTRAGE AT THAT GIRL'S ORDEAL WAS A TURNING POINT'; Once a Key Player on London's Social Scene, Dr Anna Brocklebank Was Also a Secret Drug Addict. Then Her Life Changed for Ever When She Treated a Woman from Sierra Leone Who Had Suffered Horrific Abuse as a Child. Here She Tells Catherine O'Brien How Her Own Recovery Gave Her the Drive to Help the Poorest Children in Africa

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 31, 2010

Subjects:

Drug abusers, Drug addicts

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Key Player on Londons Social Scene, Dr Anna Brocklebank...Ever When She Treated a Woman from Sierra Leone Who...the Poorest Children in Africa. Byline: Dr Anna Brocklebank...Sierra Leone in West Africa, and nine years earlier...key player on Londons social scene. In the kitchen...
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My Humble Facebook Appeal Built an Orphanage in Africa; Social Networking Sites Have Been Blamed for Destroying Meaningful Human Interaction - but Alice Pulford's Online Campaign Changes Lives

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), January 30, 2011

Subjects:

Facebook (Website), Internet advertising, Internet/Web advertising, Online social networks, Technology and civilization, Technology and society

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...with the territory in Africa.) The family that owned...Britains Most Dynamisante Woman of the Year Awards 2010...people (her time in Africa has indeed put her on...do a masters degree in social work. Meanwhile, until...money goes a long way in Africa, but its still mind...
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Seeing the True Face of Social Responsibility; THRIVE Dawn Rowlands, Pa at the Birmingham Office of National Law Firm Shoosmiths, Gives a Personal Account of What CSR Means to Her since a Trip to Help ADS/HIV Victims at St Francis Care Centre, in Boksburg, South Africa

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), December 18, 2008

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Corporate social responsibility--Social aspects, HIV (Viruses)--Social aspects, HIV--Social aspects, Law firms--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Seeing the True Face of Social Responsibility; THRIVE...in Boksburg, South Africa. Byline: Dawn Rowlands For me, corporate social responsibility (CSR...Francis Centre In South Africa, I felt It was a chance...the centre was a young woman, crying whilst walking...
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How City's Women Opposed Slave Trade; the Abolition of the Slave Trade Was One of the Great Social Triumphs of the 19th Century. Birmingham, like All the Great Cities of the British Empire, Benefited from the Trade in Human Beings. as the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade in Britain Approaches This Sunday, Tom Scotney Looks at Archives Recording the Anti-Slavery Movement

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), March 20, 2007

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Cities and towns

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

How Citys Women Opposed Slave Trade...Was One of the Great Social Triumphs of the 19th...sold: a negroe boy from Africa, supposed to be about...with shackled men, women and boys being bought...looking into the history of social cohesion in the city...

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Woman Suffrage

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...arguments for the right of women to vote. Among the...presented a bill for woman suffrage in the House...granted the vote to women who owned property...organization was the Womens Social and Political Union...American countries, woman suffrage was granted...In the Philippines women have voted since 1937...of Saudi Arabia. In Africa, women were often enfranchised...
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Marriage

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...residential groups; and social groups such as the...For example, Nayar women of India would ritually...the Dahomey of West Africa, one woman could marry another; the first woman would be the legal...division of labor and social relationships between...with one or more women. In most societies...
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Sanger, Margaret Higgins

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...a factor, was a necessary step in social progress. She studied in London with...visited many countries in Europe, Africa, and Asia, lecturing and helping to establish clinics. Her books include Woman and the New Race (1920), Happiness...
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France

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...to make changes in the French social welfare system, with its generous...nominated Segolene Royal , the first woman to be a major party candidate...France: A Geographical, Social, and Economic Survey (1987...Benedict, ed., Cities and Social Change in Early Modern France...
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Germany

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...centered Christian Social Union (CSU), gained...office until 1963. The Social Democratic party (SPD...developing nations of Asia and Africa. In 1957, the Saarland...tax cuts and labor and social law changes intended...Merkel became the first woman as well as the first...

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