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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

Given the relative prominence of women in precolonial Africa compare the position of women on the Arabian peninsula or in China , it...women. For example, in many parts of West Africa women kneel in front of their husbands. These...
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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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...liberation armies to admitting women into combat, their leaders...advocate the image of heroic women fighters and have proudly advanced...the imagery of the fighting woman in Third World liberation movements...with photos of young, smart women in uniform and with gun in...Lebold 1983:62). In Southern Africa women acted heroically elevated...
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The Heritage of Islam: Women, Religion, and Politics in West Africa

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

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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

7 CONCLUSION: ISLAM AND THE CHANGING STATUS OF WOMEN Across West Africa, women are struggling to make their lives, and those of...concerns. But gradually, an ever-larger number of women are becoming aware that they have less status, less...
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Courtyards, Markets, City Streets: Urban Women in Africa

Book by Kathleen E. Sheldon; Westview Press, 1996

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Urban Women--Africa

Collections: History, Entire Library

...published several articles on women in Nigeria and Zimbabwe...Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa , ed. R. Ahene and B...Her articles on women and social history in South Africa include "Legal Minors and Social Children: Rural African...
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Oppression and Resistance: The Struggle of Women in Southern Africa

Book by Richard E. Lapchick, Stephanie Urdang; Greenwood Press, 1982

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Africa, Southern--Race Relations, Blacks--Segregation--Africa, Southern, Women, Black--Africa, Southern

Collections: History, Entire Library

...danger." 41 But men and women workers continued to act...factories, mentioned above. Women in the trade unions began...an inspiring one. While women have been involved in the fight for social change in South Africa throughout the twentieth...

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Journal Articles on: africa women social

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Integrating Literature to Teach about Women of West Africa

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

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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

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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 women 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

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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

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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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Women of Substance Winning the Battle of Empowerment: In Every Community in Africa and Its Diaspora, There Is a Woman Motivating Other Africa Women to Succeed in Their Lives. Women Are Becoming Indispensable Contributors to the Search for Practical Solutions and Nation Building. Bekwase Mwale-Adams Reports on How for Every Positive Change in Africa, There Is a Woman of Substance Behind It

Magazine article by Bekwase Mwale-Adams; New African, July 2008

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Africa--Demographic aspects, Africa--Social aspects, Gender equality--Evaluation, Women's rights--Analysis, Women's rights--Social aspects

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...Succeed in Their Lives. Women Are Becoming Indispensable...in Africa, There Is a Woman of Substance Behind It...World Economic Forum on Africa (WEF) held in Johannesburg...launched the first ever Africa Gender Parity Group to...inequality and better engage women in the economy, many...plethora of economic and social hardship they encounter...
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In Africa, Aids Has a Woman's Face

Magazine article by Kofi Annan; Women & Environments International Magazine, Fall 2003

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AIDS, Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, Acquired immune deficiency syndrome--AIDS, Africa, Education, Famine, Farming, Women

Collections: Education, Entire Library

In Africa, Aids Has a Womans Face...threatening the backbone of Africa - the women who keep African societies...V. worldwide - and in Africa that figure is now 58 percent...are the ones who nurture social networks that can help spread...

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Newspaper Articles on: africa women social

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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

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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 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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London Nurses Die in Crash on Mercy Mission to Africa; Dedicated Professional: Royal Brompton and Harefield Nurse Helen Golder, above, and on the Social Networking Website Facebook, Where She Is on the Right. She Worked in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 3, 2007

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Nurses--Casualties, Nurses--Social aspects, Web sites (World Wide Web)--Casualties, Web sites (World Wide Web)--Social aspects, Web sites--Casualties, Web sites--Social aspects

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

...Crash on Mercy Mission to Africa; Dedicated Professional...above, and on the Social Networking Website Facebook...lifeafter a crash in Africa. The three friendsall...poor families, said the women were an inspiration to...devastated.These were women who donated their holiday...
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London Nurses Killed in Crash during Africa Mercy Mission; Dedicated Professional: Royal Brompton and Harefield Nurse Helen Golder, above, and on the Social Networking Website Facebook, Where She Is on the Right. She Worked in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 3, 2007

Subjects:

Nurses--Casualties, Nurses--Social aspects, Web sites (World Wide Web)--Casualties, Web sites (World Wide Web)--Social aspects, Web sites--Casualties, Web sites--Social aspects

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

...Killed in Crash during Africa Mercy Mission; Dedicated...above, and on the Social Networking Website Facebook...lifeafter a crash in Africa. The three friendsall...poor families, said the women were an inspiration to...were travelling to South Africa. The nurses regularly...
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London Nurses Killed in Crash during Africa Mercy Mission; Deeply Missed: Royal Brompton and Harefield Nurse Helen Golder, above, and on the Social Networking Website Facebook, Where She Is on the Right. She Worked in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 3, 2007

Subjects:

Nurses--Casualties, Nurses--Social aspects, Web sites (World Wide Web)--Casualties, Web sites (World Wide Web)--Social aspects, Web sites--Casualties, Web sites--Social aspects

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

...Killed in Crash during Africa Mercy Mission; Deeply...above, and on the Social Networking Website Facebook...killed in a crash in Africa. The three friends...poor families, said the women were an inspiration to...devastated. Thesewere women who donated their holiday...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: africa women social

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Benin , Country, Africa

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

BENIN , country, Africa benen , officially Republic...112,622 sq km), W Africa, bordering on Togo in...the practice of using women as soldiers, conquered...made part of French West Africa . Under the French a...ethnic rivalries, and social unrest. In 1963, following...
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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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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...increased the power of women and minority groups in...to provide funding for social programs. Ford also...drastically cut spending on social programs as part of his...mate; she was the first woman to gain a major partys...government funding for social programs the defense...
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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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History

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...concerns. The most influential social historians have been members...the popular classes. Other social historians have explored the...were largely ignored, such as women and minorities. The study of social history was also reinforced...

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