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Structural Adjustment and African Women Farmers

Book by Christina H. Gladwin; University of Florida Press, 1991

Subjects:

Agricultural Subsidies--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Congresses, Agriculture And State--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Congresses, Women Agricultural Laborers--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Congresses, Women Farmers--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Congresses

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Structural Adjustment and African Women Farmers Structural Adjustment and African Women Farmers Edited by Christina H...the fact that sub- Saharan African women farmers suffer from unequal access...
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Women Farmers and Commercial Ventures: Increasing Food Security in Developing Countries

Book by Anita Spring; Lynne Rienner, 2000

Subjects:

Agriculture--Economic Aspects--Developing Countries--Case Studies, Food Supply--Developing Countries--Case Studies, Women In Agriculture--Developing Countries--Case Studies

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...Structural Adjustment and African Women Farmers. Gainesville: University...Structural Adjustment and African Women Farmers, ed. Christine Gladwin...Kathleen. 1975 1976. Women farmers and inequalities in...agricultural services. Rural Africana 29:81 94. Staudt...
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African Women: A Modern History

Book by Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, Beth Gillian Raps; Westview Press, 1997

Subjects:

Women--Africa, Sub-Saharan--History--19th Century, Women--Africa, Sub-Saharan--History--20th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

"A cornucopia of historical & contemporary information about the life of women south of the Sahara.... An essential work." Choice "[A] pathbreaking effort.... Fills a conspicuous gap in African studies." Foreign Affairs
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Patriarchy and Class: African Women in the Home and the Workforce

Book by Sharon B. Stichter, Jane L. Parpart; Westview Press, 1988

Subjects:

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social Conditions--1960-, Patriarchy--Africa, Sub-Saharan, Sex Role--Africa, Sub-Saharan, Women--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social Conditions

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Editor Patriarchy and Class: African Women in the Home and the Workforce...White Patriarchy and Class African Women in the Home and the Workforce...a Materialist Perspective on African Women , Sharon B. Stichter and Jane...
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Female Circumcision and the Politics of Knowledge: African Women in Imperialist Discourses

Book by Obioma Nnaemeka; Praeger, 2005

Subjects:

Africa--Colonial Influence, Body, Human--Social Aspects--Africa, Female Circumcision--Africa

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...the Politics of Knowledge African Women in Imperialist Discourses Edited...and the politics of knowledge : African women in imperialist discourses...Challenges of Border-Crossing: African Women and 3 Transnational Feminisms...

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"With the Aid of God and the F.S.a.": The Louisiana Farmers' Union and the African American Freedom Struggle in the New Deal Era

Journal article by Greta De Jong; Journal of Social History, Vol. 34, 2000

Subjects:

African Americans--History, Labor unions--History, Louisiana Farmers' Union--History, New Deal, 1933-1939--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...made up of African Americans...black men and women who joined...were cotton farmers and sugar...only 417 African Americans...committees of the Farmers Home Administration...the tenant farmers in the same states.) African Americans...
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From the Yazoo Mississippi Delta to the Urban Communities of the Midwest: Conversations with Rural African American Women

Journal article by Valerie Grim; Frontiers - A Journal of Women's Studies, Vol. 22, 2001

Subjects:

African American women--Social aspects, Rural urban migration--Social aspects, Rural women--Social aspects, Rural-urban migration--Social aspects, Southern States--Demographic aspects

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...urban housing. 11 African American women migrants and their...was similar to a farmers purchase a new tractor...stratification that placed African American women at the bottom of...social skills of white women. These African American females...
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Life Questions: Memories of Women Civil Rights Leaders

Journal article by Kim Lacy Rogers; The Journal of African American History, 2002

Subjects:

African American women--Political activity, African Americans--History, Black Panthers--Political activity, Civil rights movements--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the privilege of talking with many other African American community leaders in four counties...development and social movement leadership among women who were also wives, mothers, schoolteachers, businesswomen, farmers, and Head Start workers in their most...
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The Women of Kalabougou (Mali)

Journal article by Janet Goldner; African Arts, Vol. 40, 2007

Subjects:

African pottery--History, African pottery--Social aspects, Mali--Social aspects, Malian history--Social aspects, Pottery, African--History, Pottery, African--Social aspects

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...fishing people), and two of Bamana farmers. Among the numu, the women (numumusow) traditionally make...my interest was in working with women who make things, I spent my time...make many pots in Kalabougou. The women work so hard that I did not want...
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The Paradox of Women in Zimbabwe: Emancipation, Liberation, and Traditional African Values

Journal article by Deborah S. Ballard-Reisch, Paaige K. Turner, Marcia Sarratea; Women and Language, Vol. 24, 2001

Subjects:

Feminism--Zimbabwe, Sex discrimination against women--Zimbabwe, Women's rights--Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe--Social aspects

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...around her creating a reality in which women can both study to be magistrates and be...the terms emancipation and traditional African values by both Emancipationists and Tradi...bazaar itself was large and contained farmers selling food, crafters selling wood and...

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The Coming Revolution in Africa: Even as Headlines Bring Grim News of Misery, Disease, and Death in Africa, an Agricultural Transformation Is Lifting Tens of Millions of People out of Poverty. A Rising Generation of Small Farmers Promises Not Only to Put Food on the African Table but to Fundamentally Change the Continent's Economic and Political Life

Magazine article by G. Pascal Zachary; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 32, Winter 2008

Subjects:

Africa--Economic aspects, Agricultural industry--Forecasts and trends, Agriculture--Finance, Climate--Influence, Farmers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, World Bank--Reports

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...underage women can go to...stronger farmers have more...rarity among African politicians...one of the women in the audience...but in an African context Bukenyas...of African farmers, as much...fair price, African farmers will defy...
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SA's First All-Black, All-Women Oil Company

Magazine article; African Business, May 2003

Subjects:

Black women--Management, Natural gas, Natural gas industry, Petroleum, Petroleum industry--Management, Sanoco Oil Co.--Management, Women executives--Management, Women, Black--Management

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...historically disadvantaged South Africans, of a quarter of all facets...Special emphasis was made on women being brought into the industry...links with emerging commercial farmers and rural communities. Although...influenced and controlled by women, we are creating participatory...
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Africa's Healing Plants Find International Markets: African Plants Which Have Been Traditionally Used to Enhance Health and Beauty Are Now Being Commercialised and Sold to a Willing and Growing Market around the World. Dominique Magada Reports on How an NGO Is Assisting Small-Scale Farmers to Turn Natural Products into Income

Magazine article by Dominique Magada; African Business, December 2007

Subjects:

Agricultural industry--International marketing, Agricultural industry--Market share

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...members from eight southern African countries--Botswana...is primarily made of women, who traditionally harvest...small entrepreneurs and farmers, as well as other organisations...producers of whom 99% were women. In terms of commercial...half a million rural farmers. Another product at the...
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The Sweet Taste of Success: While the World Waited for the Decisions of the "Powers That Be" at the G8 Last Month, They May Have Done Well to Follow the Example of the Kuapa Kokoo Cooperative of Farmers in Ghana. Stuart Price Reports

Magazine article by Stuart Price; New African, August 2005

Subjects:

Agricultural cooperatives--Growth, Agricultural cooperatives--Services, Agriculture, Cooperative--Growth, Agriculture, Cooperative--Services

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...it has placed emphasis on the role of women, who now make up 25% of members across...was with the help of a handful of fellow farmers from his home region of Ashanti that the...ghastly tariff and trade barriers that force African producers into selling only their raw...
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Malawi Farmers Go Back to Their Roots

Magazine article; African Business, February 2003

Subjects:

Agriculture--Management, Malawi--Agricultural policy

Collections: Entire Library

...was strongly promoted. Fertiliser costs were subsidised and farmers were encouraged to increase their maize crops. "Now," says...learn to grow our indigenous crops again. Enter two Malawian women, Mrs Chrissie Katundu, a local entrepreneur known to the villagers...

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How African Farmers Profit from Welsh Business Success

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), January 6, 2006

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

...organic cotton industry, by making partnerships with African farmers and providing design and end-stage manufacturing. He...arrangement is designed to avoid plunging these men and women into debt with up-front costs. Training centres have...
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Supporting and Helping Coffee Farmers Worldwide

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), January 2, 2007

Subjects:

Agricultural industry, Coffee industry, Farmers, Starbucks Corp.

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

...like CARE, Oxfam, Wate-rAid, and Sidamo Coffee Farmers Cooperatives. In our partnership with African Wildlife Foundation we have invested pounds...infrastructure development. We also created a network of women leaders across Africa. In 2006, we made a pounds...
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Leaders Dare to Change Dark Continent; African Union Is Hopeful, but Doubts Remain

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 11, 2002

Subjects:

African Union, Mbeki, Thabo, Organization of African Unity

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

...warriors and bare-breasted women, and a military flyby at a...spectacular greeting to the African Union this week. It replaces...support of violence against white farmers. The occupations of white-owned...acted as impetus for major African democracies to demand a radical...
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GRINDING POVERTY; New Movie Exposes the Human Cost of Industry Worth Billions That Pays out Pennies to Coffee Farmers

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), September 28, 2007

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

...chain to the farmers who need it the most. Women from the Sidamo and Yirgacheffe provinces...Thats why a campaign for a better deal for farmers is being launched. And Black Gold, which...They have more revenue than a lot of African nations. They make billions from coffee...
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Violence Besets Rural South Africa; Attacks Drive out White Farmers

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 21, 2004

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

...almost 1,700 farmers, nearly all...killed on South African farms. Many...city. Men and women alike carry...members. South African farmers worry that they...rural crime. Farmers have firearms...white South Africans. The investigator...

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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...able-bodied young men and many young women. The creation of a great number...decisions supported the efforts of African-American citizens to achieve...Small Courage: A History of Women in the United States (2001...Generations of Captivity: A History of African-American Slaves (2003); S...
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Mississippi , State, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...interpretation of the Constitution, African Americans were essentially...until 1904, when the small farmers, still the dominant voting...admission of James H. Meredith, an African American, to the Univ. of Mississippi...elected to the legislature, and African Americans, almost 36% of the...
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Virginia , State, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...beginning to send women to the colony...freemen and small farmers. In 1641 there were also about 250 Africans (the first had...but the small farmers faced ruin. Serious...thousands of Africans were being imported...high demand. Farmers benefited from...became the first African American elected...
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Great Britain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...arable farmland) deprived small farmers of their common land. The Speenhamland...to agricultural laborers. (Women could not vote until 1918...was entangled in the South African War (1899 1902). Great Britains...In 2001, British livestock farmers were again hurt by an outbreak...
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Canada

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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

...During the depression that began in 1929, the Prairie Provinces were hard hit by droughts that shriveled the wheat fields. Farmers, who had earlier formed huge cooperatives, sought to press their interests through political movements such as Social Credit...

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