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Books on: africa women economic

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Women and Sustainable Development in Africa

Book by Valentine Udoh James; Praeger Publishers, 1995

Subjects:

Sustainable Development--Africa, Women Farmers--Africa, Women In Agriculture--Africa, Women In Rural Development--Africa

Collections: Entire Library

Sustainable development has traditionally neglected the contributions of women until recently. Government and institutions in developing countries, as well as foreign aid agencies, are just beginning to realize the important roles filled by women as farmers, entrepreneurs, food providers, educators ...
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Sustainable development has traditionally neglected the contributions of women until recently. Government and institutions in developing countries, as well as foreign aid agencies, are just beginning to realize the important roles filled by women as farmers, entrepreneurs, food providers, educators, and role models in developing countries and are attempting to integrate women into nongovernmental organization projects and voluntary organization programs. According to James and his contributors, women should not be just acknowledged, they must be included in the planning, construction, implementation, and operation of development schemes in Africa in order for development to be successful and widespread.
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Women in the World of Africa

Book by Joan Esherick; Mason Crest, 2005

Subjects:

Women--Africa--Juvenile Literature

...rights, peace, and economic security. As a result...interactions. 9!!-Iilm Lai WOMEN 11J AFRICAN History At the...the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in partnership...course for African women. The training course...
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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

...Women and Economic Change in Africa 239...changing the picture of African women in the social, economic, and political setting...political potential. In Africa, the economic independence of women is less a mark of...
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African Market Women and Economic Power: The Role of Women in African Economic Development

Book by Bessie House-Midamba, Felix K. Ekechi; Greenwood Press, 1995

Subjects:

Women In Development--Africa, Women Merchants--Africa

Collections: Entire Library

An interdisciplinary study of market women from all parts of Africa shows how, from historical times to the present, African women have used the economic power they have derived from market activities and commercial enterprises to improve their social and political status in a man's world. They used ...
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An interdisciplinary study of market women from all parts of Africa shows how, from historical times to the present, African women have used the economic power they have derived from market activities and commercial enterprises to improve their social and political status in a man's world. They used their wealth in pre-colonial times to obtain titles and even chieftainship. Because of their involvement in trade, many women acquired considerable property, especially real estate. The authors stress the positive aspect of women's economic activities, but also point out the prevalent sexual division of labor in Africa as a limiting factor. They illustrate the concomitant struggle between men and women over certain market items traditionally associated with one or the other sex. They analyze the cultural, social, and economic barriers that restrict female involvement in some economic activities. Nevertheless, the overwhelming conclusion by all of the writers, who are Africans and Americans, is that women play a major role in the economic sector of all the regions of the continent.
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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

...onehalf of African women came to the city for economic reasons including...Coast". In Women in Africa: Studies in Social and Economic Change , ed...to facing economic hardships in town, single African women had to deal...

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Journal Articles on: africa women economic

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Wolof Women, Economic Liberalization, and the Crisis of Masculinity in Rural Senegal

Journal article by Donna L. Perry; Ethnology, Vol. 44, 2005

Subjects:

Country life, Ethnology, Farm life, Masculinity, Rural life

Collections: Entire Library

...Programs on African Women Farmers and...Agricultural Economics 73(5): 1431-40...Precarious Socio-Economic Position of Women in Rural Africa: The Case...M. 1999. Women Forget That...and Socio-Economic Change in...Urban East Africa: Implications...
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Women Writing Africa. Vol. 1: The Southern Region

Journal article by Kay Schaffer; Biography, Vol. 27, 2004

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Women Writing Africa. Vol. 1: The Southern Region (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Guerrilla Girls: Women in the Zimbabwean Liberation Struggle (African World Press, 2003...different social, economic, political, and cultural...return to traditional African proverbs as a restorative...social, political, economic, legal, educational...what is happening to women in periods of post-independence...
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Women and Economy: A Justice Issue for the Decade

Journal article by Thembisile C. Majola; The Ecumenical Review, Vol. 46, 1994

Subjects:

South Africa--Social aspects, Women--Economic aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...political, economic and social...trapped South African women in conditions...in South Africa: An Approach to Economic Restructuring...Manzini, Women and the Internationalization...Bank and the African Debt: The Economic Impact; Mohamed...Environment and Women Ben Turok...
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The Institution of Woman-Marriage in Africa: A Cross-Cultural Analysis

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

Subjects:

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

Collections: Entire Library

...precolonial African societies...one or more women, had two...controlled her own economic surplus...Nigeria. Women in Africa: Studies in Social and Economic Change, eds...of Women. Women in Africa: Studies in Social and Economic Change, eds...
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"This Is the Mark of the Widow": Domesticity and Frontier Conquest in Colonial South Africa

Journal article by Laura J. Mitchell; Frontiers - A Journal of Women's Studies, Vol. 28, 2007

Subjects:

Colonialism--History, Colonialism--Social aspects, Domesticity--Analysis, South Africa--Social aspects, South African history--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...cultural norms. Women and men forged...colonial--neither African nor European...political, economic, and social...European than African. (14) Despite...social and economic organization...determined by women as much as...encounter among Africans, Asians, Europeans...as families--women, men, and children...

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Magazine Articles on: africa women economic

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Population Fund Launches Major Initiatives on Africa, Women

Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 26, June 1989

Subjects:

Sadik, Nafis--Management, Sub-Saharan Africa--Economic aspects, United Nations Population Fund--Management, United Nations--Population assistance, Women--Economic aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...major initiatives on Africa, women. The UN Population...initiatives to aid sub-Saharan Africa and women, its Executive Director...dramatically among leaders of African countries over the past...with issues concerning women, population and development...
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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

Collections: Entire Library

...Human Rights, Women, Drugs, Homeless, Southern Africa. Action...54-member Economic and Social...military and economic fields, and...overthrow certain African Governments...support to women in southern...Advancement of African Women Beyond the...
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Gender Inequality in Africa

Magazine article by David John Bwakali; Contemporary Review, Vol. 279, November 2001

Subjects:

Africa--Social aspects, Equality--Africa, Sex role--Africa, Women--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...While men in many African countries are on...corporate leadership, women are on the forefront...been a channel of economic empowerment, which...However, the womans economic handicaps greatly...wise decisions. African customs can seem strange to Western women. Thus one English...
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Women and AIDS in South Africa: A Conflicted History Leads to a Dispiriting Present

Magazine article by Alexandra Suich; UN Chronicle, Vol. 43, July 2006

Subjects:

AIDS (Disease) in women--Health aspects, AIDS (Disease)--Health aspects, HIV (Viruses)--Health aspects, HIV--Health aspects, Women--Health aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...contentious issue, particularly for married couples, as women have limited leverage and bargaining power; despite...HIV transmission is also linked to education and economic status. South Africa differs from many countries in the region because...
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Do Good, Get Rich: Social Warriors Start Businesses That Improve the Lives of African Women

Magazine article by Elaine Lee; Black Enterprise, Vol. 38, May 2008

Subjects:

Africans--Economic aspects, Africans--Social aspects, Microfinance--Social aspects, Women--Economic aspects, Women--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...women and girls in Africa turn their artisan...characteristics of serving women (65%), minorities...birthplaces because of dire economic conditions, which...is able to pay the women a fair price for...Global Bilateral Economic Relations at the...Industry in South Africa, the craft sector...

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Newspaper Articles on: africa women economic

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Bush Offers Aid to Fight Malaria in Africa; Also Targets Legal Rights of Women

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 1, 2005

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

...Group of Eight (G-8) economic summit in Scotland next...rate from malaria in Africa. He also called for an...improve the legal rights of women on that continent. The...improve legal rights for African women, many of whom are victims...
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Trade in Children Fueled by Poverty in Central Africa; Economic Hardship Leads Families to Sell Their Young

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 18, 2002

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

...aid workers, widespread poverty amid pockets of economic growth in the center of Africa is leading to an increase in the smuggling of...domestic work usually is expected. Typically, women act as intermediaries. But there are also cases...
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Zimbabwean Refugees Flee Economic Strife; South Africa Offers Little Reprieve

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 23, 2007

Subjects:

Mugabe, Robert, Refugees

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

...forced into prostitution. Some Zimbabwean women have been found working in brothels as...return of illegal immigrants from South Africa and elsewhere. The agency provides counseling...Mugabes increasingly authoritarian rule and economic policies, but there is growing unhappiness...
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7out of 10 AIDS Cases Occur in Africa.We Must Help These Poor People; BY AN TAOISEACH BERTIE AHERN

Newspaper article by Bertie Ahern; The People (London, England), April 9, 2000

Subjects:

Africa, Ahern, Bertie

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

...parents die at a young age. The workload of women and children has increased as they care for...HIV/AIDS is undermining the social fabric of African society and setting back prospects of economic and productivity and growth. We now know...
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Clinton Hails Change in S. Africa

Newspaper article by Warren P. Strobel; The Washington Times, March 27, 1998

Subjects:

Mandela, Nelson, South Africa

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

...Clinton had visited last year, where homeless women were constructing their own dwellings. The audience...to the grave problems that still confront South Africa, including huge economic disparities, unemployment and a terrifying wave...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: africa women economic

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Benin , Country, Africa

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...began the practice of using women as soldiers, conquered most...among the European powers for African colonies accelerated, France...instability that was caused by economic troubles, ethnic rivalries...1989, with social unrest and economic problems besetting the country...
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Head, Bessie

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...writing voiced her strong concerns about racism, economic stagnation, and the status of women in her adopted country. Her novels include...Maru (1971), and A Bewitched Crossroad: An African Saga (1984); a collection of stories, The...
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Great Britain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...time of dynamic economic change. The factory...agricultural laborers. (Women could not vote...frontier wars in Africa and Afghanistan...territories in Africa, Asia, and the...complex domestic economic problems, the...apartheid in South Africa. The nationalization...the European Economic Community . Because...
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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...growing movement of women demanding social, economic, and political...police beating of an African American, one of...institute a program for economic recovery made him...Courage: A History of Women in the United States...Captivity: A History of African-American Slaves...
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Spain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...of the Cortes, gave married women the vote, made religious freedom...stimulated in part by the liberal economic policies espoused by Opus...1986. Spain continued to enjoy economic growth as a result of increased...the Socialists fall included economic problems, corruption scandals...

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