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Book chapterAbidogun, Jamaine (2007)
Pushing and Pulling: Western Education's Impact on Women's Subjugation in Ghana
In: Falola, Toyin and Afolabi, Niyi (eds.). The Human Cost of African Migrations. New York: Routledge.

BookAmnesty International (2007)
Uganda: Doubly Traumatised: Lack of Access to Justice for Female Victims of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Northern Uganda
London: Amnesty International. 34p.

Dissertation / thesisBdour, Farrah M. (2007)
Contributions and Challenges to Feminism in Egypt: The Works of Malak Hifni, Huda Sha'rawi and Zaynab al-Ghazali
Senior Honors Thesis: Brandeis University. 92p.

BookBonthuys, E.; Albertyn, Cathi (eds.) (2007)
Gender, Law and Justice
Cape Town: Juta. 424p.

Book chapterCole, Catherine M. (2007)
'Give Her a Slap to Warm Her Up': Post-Gender Theory and Ghana's Popular Culture
In: Cole, Catherine M. and Manuh, Takyiwaa and Miescher, Stephan (eds.). Africa After Gender? Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 270-284.

BookCole, Catherine M.; Manuh, Takyiwaa; Miescher, Stephan (eds.) (2007)
Africa after Gender?
Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. 328p.

Dissertation / thesisGamedze-Dlamini, Hypertia N. (2007)
Influence of Law on the Position of Women in Swaziland
M.A. Thesis: University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa. 159p.

BookHaddad, al-Tahir; Husni, Ronak; Newman, Daniel L. (2007)
The Status of Women in Islamic Law and Society
Abingdon, Great Britain/New York: Routledge. Culture and Civilization in the Middle East Series #12.

Periodical articleHanson, Cindy (2007)
Canadian Gender-Based Analysis Training in South Africa
International Feminist Journal of Politics. Volume 9 #2. June. p. 198-217.

BookHellum, Anne (2007)
Human Rights, Plural Legalities, and Gendered Realities: Paths are Made by Walking
Harare: University of Zimbabwe, Southern and Eastern African Regional Centre for Women's Law/Weaver Press. 472p.

Dissertation / thesisHenderson, Frances B. (2007)
New Voices, Enduring Interests: Women in Mozambique
Ph.D. dissertation: Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. 193p.

BookHepburn, Stephanie; Simon, Rita J. (2007)
Women's Roles and Statuses the World over
Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. 267p.

Periodical articleHigonnet, Etelle (2007)
'My Heart is Cut': Sexual Violence by Rebels and Pro-Government Forces in Cote d'Ivoire
Human Rights Watch. Volume 19 #11. August. 133p.

BookIsmail, Ellen T. (2007)
Bukra, insha'Allah: A Look into Sudanese Culture
Bendestorf, Germany: Ismail-Schmidt. 136p.

Dissertation / thesisKarenga, Tiamoyo T. (2007)
The Office of the Divine Wife of Amen in the 25th and 26th Dynasties: A Study of Women and Power in Ancient Egypt
M.A. Thesis: California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, California. 217p.

Book chapterManuh, Takyiwaa (2007)
Doing Gender Work in Ghana
In: Cole, Catherine M. and Manuh, Takyiwaa and Miescher, Stephan (eds.). Africa After Gender? Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 125-149.

BookMascarenhas, Ophelia (2007)
Gender Profile of Tanzania: Enhancing Gender Equity
Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Gender Network Programme. 98p.

BookMoghadam, Valentine M. (ed.) (2007)
From Patriarchy to Empowerment: Women's Participation, Movements, and Rights in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia
Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press.

Dissertation / thesisObidoa, Chinekwu A. (2007)
The Impact of Globalization on African Women: Case Study of Ghanaian Women
M.S. Thesis: Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut. 113p.

BookOnoria, Henry (2007)
Guaranteeing the Right to Adequate Housing and Shelter in Uganda: The Case of Women and People with Disabilities (PWDs)
Kampala: Human Rights and Peace Center (HURIPEC). HURIPEC Working Paper #6. May. 52p.

Dissertation / thesisPearson, Elizabeth W. (2007)
Gender, Power, and Policymaking: Developing Gender-Based Violence Legislation in Rwanda
M.Phil. Thesis: University of Oxford, Oxford, Great Britain. 112p.

Periodical articlePlatteau, Jean-Philippe; Gaspart, Frederic (2007)
See this publicationThe Perverse Effects of High Brideprices
World Development. Volume 35 #7. July. p. 1221-1236.

Periodical articleRithaa, Humphrey M. (2007)
Impact of African Indigenous Cultural Values on the Socioeconomic Empowerment of the Contemporary Ameru Women
Journal of African Cultures and Religion. Volume 2 #1. p. 125-135.

Book chapterSeidman, Gay W. (2007)
Institutional Dilemmas: Representation versus Mobilization in the South African Gender Commission
In: Cole, Catherine M. and Manuh, Takyiwaa and Miescher, Stephan (eds.). Africa After Gender? Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 30-47.

BookU.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discriminatio (2007)
Concluding Comments of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Mauritania
New York: United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. 9p.

BookU.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against (2007)
Concluding Comments of the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Mozambique
New York: United Nations. U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. 9p.

BookAgina-Ude, Ada; Anya, Okeke O. (2006)
Gender Issues in the Report of the National Political Reform Conference (NPRC)
Lagos: Gender and Development Action (GADA). 82p.

Periodical articleBadri, Balghis (2006)
Engendered Spaces in al Gharaza Village at the Edge of Omdurman
Ahfad Journal. Volume 23 #1. June. p. 3-19.

Book chapterBahemuka, Judith M. (2006)
Social Changes and Women's Attitudes Toward Marriage in East Africa
In: Oduyoye, Mercy A. and Kanyoro, Rachel A. (eds.). Will to Arise: Women, Tradition and the Church in Africa. Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

Periodical articleBecker, Heike (2006)
See this publication'New Things after Independence': Gender and Traditional Authorities in Postcolonial Namibia
Journal of Southern African Studies. Volume 32 #1. March. p. 29-48.

Periodical articleBeekle, A.T.; McCabe, C. (2006)
Awareness and Determinants of Family Planning Practice in Jimma, Ethiopia
International Nursing Review. Volume 53 #4. December. p. 269-276.

Periodical articleBooysen-Wolthers, Annelize; Fourie, Frederick C.v.N.; Botes, Lucius (2006)
See this publicationChanges in the Development Status of Women in South Africa from 1996 to 2001: For the Better or for the Worse?
Development Southern Africa. Volume 23 #5. December. p. 605-626.

Book chapterCattell, Maria G. (2006)
Gender, Age, Power: Hierarchy and Liminality among Abaluyia Women of Kenya
In: Aguilar, Mario I. (ed.). Rethinking Age in Africa: Colonial, Post-Colonial, and Contemporary Interpretations of Cultural Representations. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press.

BookCollectif 95 Maghreb egalite (2006)
One Hundred Steps, One Hundred Provisions: For an Egalitarian Codification of Family and Personal Status Laws in the Maghreb
London: Women Living Under Muslim Laws. 36p.

Periodical articleDiop-Sidibe, Nafissatou; Campbell, Jacquelyn C.; Becker, Stan (2006)
See this publicationDomestic Violence against Women in Egypt - Wife Beating and Health Outcomes
Social Science and Medicine. Volume 62 #5. March. p. 1260-1277.

Periodical articleEdewor, Patrick A. (2006)
See this publicationChanging Perceptions of the Value of Daughters and Girls' Education among the Isoko of Nigeria
Abstract presentAfrican Population Studies. Volume 21 #1. p. 55-70.

Book chapterEpple, S. (2006)
Women's Life in a Society with Age Organisation: The Bashada of Southern Ethiopia
In: Uhlig, Siegbert (ed.). Proceedings of the 15th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Hamburg, July 20-25, 2003. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

Book chapterFreeman, Julianne E. (2006)
'Have You the Words of the Elders?': Senior Bamana Women's Adaptations to Culture Change in Rural Mali
In: Aguilar, Mario I. (ed.). Rethinking Age in Africa: Colonial, Post-Colonial, and Contemporary Interpretations of Cultural Representations. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press.

BookGerntholtz, Liesi; Nsibande, Nondumiso; Emdon, Erica (2006)
Using the Law to Secure Women's Rights to Housing and Security of Tenure: A Brief Examination of Some Key Aspects of Family and Customary Law and Domestic Violence Legislation
Johannesburg: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Gender Unit. 72p.

Periodical articleGomez, Mayra (2006)
Violence against Women and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Africa
Human Rights Review. Volume 7 #2. p. 49-58.

Periodical articleGrant, Miriam (2006)
See this publication'I Have Been Patient Enough': Gendered Futures and Mentors of Female Youth in Urban Zimbabwe
Abstract presentSocial Dynamics. Volume 32 #1. p. 21-46.

BookHames, Mary (2006)
Women in South Africa: Profile of Women in South Africa
Bellville/Cape Town/Harare: University of the Western Cape, Gender Equity Unit/University of Witwatersrand, Centre for Applied Legal Studies/Southern African Research and Documentation Centre, Women in Development Southern Africa Awareness. 96p.

Dissertation / thesisJosephine Para-Mallam, Oluwafunmilayo (2006)
The National Policy on Women and the Challenges of Mainstreaming Gender Issues in Nigeria, 1985-2005
Ph.D. dissertation: University of Leeds, Leeds, Great Britain. 380p.

Dissertation / thesisKafumbe, Anthony L. (2006)
Women's Rights of Succession to Property in Uganda: Reform Propositions
Ph.D. dissertation: University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland. 271p.

Periodical articleKehinde, Ayo (2006)
See this publicationPatriarchal Suppression and Neurosis: African Women's Plight in J.M. Coetzee's 'In the Heart of the Country'
African Study Monographs. Volume 27 #4. p. 169-185.

Book chapterKemp, K. (2006)
General Situation of Women in Africa
In: Musa, Roselynn and Mohammed, Faiza J. and Manji, Firoze M. (eds.). Breathing Life Into the African Union Protocol on Women's Rights in Africa. Nairobi/Oxford: Solidarity for African Women's Rights/African Books Collective.

BookKenya Land Alliance (2006)
The Case for Women's Land Rights in the Proposed New Constitution
Nakuru, Kenya: Kenya Land Alliance. 28p.

Periodical articleKing, Rosemary (2006)
Is it Time for a Progress Report on Violence against Women in Ghana?
Human Rights Review. Volume 7 #2. p. 75-97.

Dissertation / thesisKozma, Liat (2006)
Women on the Margins and Legal Reform in the Late Nineteenth-Century Egypt, 1850-1882
Ph.D. dissertation: New York University, New York, New York. 255p.

Dissertation / thesisLadum, Ariel M. (2006)
War, Peacebuilding, and Concepts of Relationship: Women in the Sierra Leonean Civil War
M.A. Thesis: Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. 194p.

Book chapterMakinde, Taiwo (2006)
Motherhood as a Source of Empowerment of Women
In: Falola, Toyin and Genova, Ann (eds.). The Yoruba in Transition: History, Values, and Modernity. Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press.

Periodical articleMalt, Carol (2006)
Women, Museums, and the Public Sphere
Journal of Middle East Women's Studies. Volume 2 #2. Spring. p. 115-136.

Book chapterMbuh, Rebecca N. (2006)
African Women since Nairobi
In: Breneman, Anne R. and Mbuh, Rebecca A. (eds.). Women in the New Millennium: The Global Revolution. Lanham, Maryland: Hamilton Books.

Periodical articleMoffett, Helen (2006)
See this publication'These Women, They Force Us to Rape Them': Rape as Narrative of Social Control in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Journal of Southern African Studies. Volume 32 #1. March. p. 129-144.

BookMuteshi, Jacinta (2006)
Mapping Best Practices: Promoting Gender Equality and the Advancement of Kenyan Women
Nairobi: Heinrich Boll Foundation, East and Horn of Africa Region. 166p.

Periodical articleNana-Fabu, Stella (2006)
See this publicationAn Analysis of the Economic Status of Women in Cameroon
Journal of International Women's Studies. Volume 8 #1. November. 15p.

Dissertation / thesisO'Connor DeLosRios-Roberts, Divinity B. (2006)
Gender, Law, and Culture: Negotiating Social Change in Morocco
M.A. Thesis: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. 181p.

Dissertation / thesisO'Connor, DeLosRios-Roberts, Divinity B. (2006)
Gender, Law, and Culture: Negotiating Social Change in Morocco
M.A. Thesis: Iowa State University, Ames Iowa. 181p.

Periodical articleOgunyemi, Bola (2006)
See this publicationGender, Socio-Economic Status and Educational Level as Determinants of Career Maturity of Nigerian Adolescents
Gender and Behaviour. Volume 4 #1. p. 686-700.

Periodical articleOpperman, B. (2006)
The Impact of Legal Pluralism on Women's Status: An Examination of Marriage Laws in Egypt, South Africa, and the United States
Hastings Women's Law Journal. Volume 17 #1. p. 65-92.

Periodical articleRanchod-Nilsson, Sita (2006)
See this publicationGender Politics and the Pendulum of Political and Social Transformation in Zimbabwe
Journal of Southern African Studies. Volume 32 #1. March. p. 49-67.

BookRustin, Carmine; Watson, Joy (2006)
The Report of the South African Parliament on the 49th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
Cape Town/Pretoria: Parliament of South Africa. 47p.

Dissertation / thesisSambisa, William (2006)
The Influence of Women's Autonomy and Status on Their Adoption of Safe Sexual Behaviors as Related to HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe
Ph.D. dissertation: Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.

BookSebba, Kalyango R. (2006)
Land Conflicts and Their Impact on Refugee Women's Livelihoods in Southwestern Uganda
Geneva: United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). New Issues in Refugee Research #127. 12p.

BookSilva, Benedita d. (2006)
Women in Mozambique: A Profile of Women in Mozambique
Maputo/Harare: Forum Mulher/Southern African Research and Documentation Centre, Women in Development Southern Africa Awareness. 80p.

Periodical articleSnyder, Katherine A. (2006)
See this publicationMothers on the March: Iragw Women Negotiating the Public Sphere in Tanzania
Abstract presentAfrica Today. Volume 53 #1. Fall. p. 79-99.

BookSymington, A.; Gokal, S.; Principe, T. (2006)
See this publicationAchieving Women's Economic and Social Rights: Strategies and Lessons from Experience
Toronto, Canada: Association for Women's Rights in Development. 43p.

Periodical articleTakyi, Baffour K.; Broughton, Christopher (2006)
Marital Stability in Sub-Saharan Africa: Do Women's Autonomy and Socioeconomic Situation Matter?
Journal of Family and Economic Issues. Volume 27 #1. April. p. 113-132.

BookUnited Nations (2006)
Concluding Comments of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Eritrea
New York: United Nations, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. 7p.

BookUnited Nations (2006)
Concluding Comments of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Democratic Republic of the Congo
New York: United Nations, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. 8p.

BookUnited Nations (2006)
Concluding Comments of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Cape Verde
New York: United Nations, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. 7p.

Periodical articleWalsh, Denise (2006)
See this publicationThe Liberal Moment: Women and Just Debate in South Africa, 1994-1996
Journal of Southern African Studies. Volume 32 #1. March. p. 85-105.

Periodical articleWalsh, Denise; Scully, Pamela (2006)
See this publicationAltering Politics, Contesting Gender
Journal of Southern African Studies. Volume 32 #1. March. p. 1-12.

Periodical articleAbirafeh, Lina (2005)
See this publicationFrom Afghanistan to Sudan: How Peace Risks Marginalising Women
Forced Migration Review. #24. November. p. 46-47.

BookAction Aid Ghana (2005)
The Status of Women in Ghana: Action Aid's Intervention
Accra: Action Aid International Ghana. 16p.

Conference paperAkubue-Brice, Dorothy S. (2005)
The Great Commission, Conversion and the Empowerment of Women
Paper presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA), November 17-November 20, 2005, Washington, DC. New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University.

BookAlexander, Elsie (2005)
Beyond Inequalities 2005: Women in Botswana
Harare/Gaborone: Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC)/ Women's NGO Coalition. 68p.

Periodical articleAndah, Betty; Hinson, Robert (2005)
How are Women in the Dangbe West District of Ghana Faring under the National Poverty Reduction Programme (NPRP)?
Ahfad Journal. Volume 22 #2. December. p. 15-35.

Book chapterBaliamoune-Lutz, Mina (2005)
Globalization, Economic Growth and Gender Inequality: What Fate Awaits African Women
In: Boko, Sylvain H. and Baliamoune-Lutz, Mina and Kimuna, Sitawa R. (eds.). Women in African Development: The Challenges of Globalization and Liberalization in the 21st Century. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press. p. 13-32.

Dissertation / thesisBarro, Maimouna A. (2005)
The Role of Literacy in Enhancing Women's Agency and Well-Being: A Qualitative Inquiry of the Effects of the Tostan Educational Program on the Lives of Women in a Rural Community in Senegal
Ph.D. dissertation: University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. 241p.

Conference paperBarsoum, Susanne (2005)
Critiquing the Literature of the Early Feminist Movement in Egypt: A Return to the Sources
Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), November 19-22, 2004, Washington, D.C. Tucson: University of Arizona.

Conference paperBaum, Robert M. (2005)
From the Boy Not Seeking a Wife to a Man Discussing Prophetic Women: A Male Fieldworker among Diola Women in Senegal, 1974-2005
Paper presented at the 104th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), November 30-December 4 2005, Washington, D.C. Arlington, Virginia.

Periodical articleBentley, Kristina; Brookes, Heather (2005)
The Great Leap Sideways: Gender, Culture and Rights after 10 Years of Democracy in South Africa
Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity. Volume Special Focus. p. 1-13.

BookBoko, Sylvain H.; Baliamoune-Lutz, Mina; Kimuna, Sitawa R. (eds.) (2005)
Women in African Development: The Challenges of Globalization and Liberalization in the 21st Century
Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press. 199p.

BookBond, Johanna (2005)
Voices of African Women: Women's Rights in Ghana, Uganda, and Tanzania
Abstract presentDurham, NC: Carolina Academic Press. 421p.

Book chapterByamukama, Dora K. (2005)
Legal Strategies to Increase Ugandan to Increase Ugandan Women's Access to Higher Education
In: Voices of African Women: Women's Rights in Ghana, Uganda, and Tanzania. p. 12-27.

Book chapterChepyator-Thomson, Jepkorir R. (2005)
Globalization and Change in Africa: Patterns and Implications
In: Chepyator-Thomson, Jepkorir R. (ed.). African Women and Globalization: Dawn of the 21st Century. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press.

Periodical articleChoi, Eun-Jung; Mbuh, Rebecca N. (2005)
Aspects of Women's Status in Korea and Cameroon
Asian Women. Volume 20. p. 53-88.

BookCornwall, Andrea (ed.) (2005)
Readings in Gender in Africa
Abstract presentBloomington, IN; Oxford: Indiana University Press; James Currey. 247p.

Book chapterEl Saadawi, Nawal (2005)
Women, Religion and Postmodernism
In: Nnaemeka, Obioma and Ezeilo, Joy N. (eds.). Engendering Human Rights: Cultural and Socioeconomic Realities in Africa. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Comparative Feminist Studies Series. p. 27-36.

Periodical articleFargues, Philippe (2005)
See this publicationWomen in Arab Countries: Challenging the Patriarchal System?
Reproductive Health Matters. Volume 13 #25. May. p. 43-48.

Book chapterFluehr-Lobban, Carolyn; Gorani, Amel (2005)
Women in Sudan: Resistance and Survival
In: Billson, Janet M. and Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn (eds.). Female Well-Being: Towards a Global Theory of Social Change. London: Zed Books. p. 262-284.

Book chapterFratkin, Elliot; Smith, Kevin (2005)
Women's Changing Economic Roles with Pastoral Sedentarization
In: Fratkin, Elliot M. and Roth, Eric A. (eds.). As Pastoralists Settle: Social, Health and Economic Consequences of the Pastoral Sedentarization in Marsabit District, Kenya. New York: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Periodical articleGerhard, Tim (2005)
See this publicationUnsettling Experiences: Transnational Dialogues of Necessity in Journal, Nationalite: Immigre(e) and Paletitas de Guayaba
Wagadu. Volume 2 #1. Summer.

Periodical articleGumbonzvanda, Nyaradzai; Okonji, Grace (2005)
See this publicationSudanese Women's Role in Peacemaking
Forced Migration Review. #24. November. p. 48-49.

Periodical articleHansen, Karen Tranberg (2005)
See this publicationGetting Stuck in the Compound: Some Odds against Social Adulthood in Lusaka, Zambia
Abstract presentAfrica Today. Volume 51 #4. Summer. p. 3-16.

Book chapterHindin, Michelle J. (2005)
Women's Autonomy, Status, and Nutrition in Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi
In: Kishor, Sunita (ed.). A Focus on Gender: Collected Papers on Gender Using DHS Data. Calverton, Maryland: ORC Macro. August.

Periodical articleHolomisa, Nikosi S.P. (2005)
A Traditional Leadership Perspective of Gender, Rights, Culture and the Law
Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity. Volume Special Focus. p. 48-49.

Periodical articleHussein, Jeylan W. (2005)
See this publicationThe Social and Ethno-Cultural Construction of Masculinity and Femininity in African Proverbs
African Study Monographs. Volume 26 #2. August. p. 59-87.

Conference paperIyam, David U. (2005)
When Fat is 'Phat': Female Fattening and Desirability in Southeastern Nigeria
Paper presented at the 104th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), November 30-December 4 2005, Washington, D.C. Arlington, Virginia.

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