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1 online resource (258 pages) |
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Women -- Political activity -- Africa
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Women's rights -- Africa
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies |
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Women -- Political activity. |
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Women's rights. |
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Africa. |
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The efforts of women parliamentarians through KEWOPA |
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The demands of intellectuals and feministsThe Personal Status Code; Literature and commitment; The literature of denunciation and the struggle for a new public morality; The new literature of denunciation in the context of the Arab Spring; Conclusion; References; 5. The Moroccan feminist movement (1946-2014); Introduction; Two main feminist trends; A comparison of secular and Islamic feminisms; Concluding remarks: an alternative?; References; 6. Women's rights and the women's movement in Sudan (1952-2014); Introduction |
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The women's movement during the warThe post-war women's movement; Achievements after the war; Challenges to the women's movement; The way forward; 3. Market women's associations in Ghana; Introduction; Study context; Informal economy workers as political actors; Existing associations and their characteristics; Functions of the market associations; Organisational challenges of the associations; Conclusion; References; 4. Tunisian women's literature of denunciation; Early steps towards rights for Tunisian women; French, Egyptian, Russian and Lebanese women alongside Tunisian women |
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Front cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. African influences on global women's rights: an overview; Introduction; Changes in women's mobilisation; New feminist influences; African influences on women's rights globally; Leaders in the political representation of women; Leaders in finance and entrepreneurship; Contributions to peace-making and peacebuilding; Cultural rights and women's rights; Outline of this book; Conclusions; References; 2. The evolution of the women's movement in Sierra Leone; Background; The women's movement prior to the war |
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Theoretical considerations and regional trends: a framework to understand the Sudanese women's movementThe Sudanese women's movement (1952-2 014); A first experience with democracy (1956-58); The Abboud military regime (1958-64), the October Revolution, and a second experiment with democracy (1964-69); The May revolution and the military regime under Nimeiri (1969-85); The 'April Uprising' and a third experiment with democratisation (1985-89); The Revolution of National Salvation: a military Islamist regime (1989 onwards); Conclusions; References; 7. The women's movement in Tanzania |
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Women during the struggle for independencePresident Nyerere and the Women's Union; International influences; New women's rights mobilisation; Asserting associational autonomy; Women in politics; Gender budgeting; Goals and challenges of women's rights mobilisation; The face of feminism in Tanzania today; Conclusions; References; 8. The women's movement in Kenya; Introduction; The character of the women's movement in the postcolonial era; The women's movement at the national level; Women's formal and informal mobilisation at the grassroots level; The efforts of individual women |
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Access restricted to University of Saskatchewan students, faculty, and staff |
| Summary |
An indispensable overview of women's activism and political struggles in contemporary Africa, and the ways in which the continent's women are shaping the struggle for women's rights internationally |
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Throughout Africa, growing numbers of women are coming together and making their voices heard, mobilising around causes ranging from democracy and land rights to campaigns against domestic violence. In Tanzania and Tunisia, women have made major gains in their struggle for equal political rights, and in Sierra Leone and Liberia women have been at the forefront of efforts to promote peace and reconciliation. While some of these movements have been influenced by international feminism and external donors, increasingly it is African women who are shaping the global struggle for women's rights.Bringing together African authors who themselves are part of the activist groups, this collection represents the only comprehensive and up-to-date overview of women's movements in contemporary Africa. Drawing on case studies and fresh empirical material from across the continent, the authors challenge the prevailing assumption that notions of women's rights have trickled down from the global north to the south, showing instead that these movements have been shaped by above all the unique experiences and concerns of the local women involved |
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Print version record |
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Badrī, Balqīs Yūsuf, editor
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Tripp, Aili Mari, editor
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EBSCO Publishing (Firm)
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EBSCO, vendor.
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| ISBN |
1783609109 (electronic book) |
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1783609117 (electronic book) |
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9781783609109 (electronic book) |
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9781783609116 (electronic book) |
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