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Title:Household Strategies for Adaptation and Change: Participation in Kenyan Rural Women's Associations
Author:Thomas, Barbara P.ISNI
Year:1988
Periodical:Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
Volume:58
Issue:4
Pages:401-422
Language:English
Geographic term:Kenya
Subjects:women's organizations
rural households
Women's Issues
Development and Technology
Economics and Trade
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Family Life
Cultural Roles
organizations
Sex Roles
External links:https://www.jstor.org/stable/1160349
https://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:4011-1988-058-00-000021
Abstract:This study uses case material to examine ways in which rural African households participate in local associations to advance interests in maintenance, accumulation or mobility. It draws on data concerning household involvement in rural women's voluntary associations in two communities - Mbiri and Weithaga - in Murang'a District, Central Province, Kenya. It examines households and women's associations for a) patterns of cooperation, reciprocity and exchange which these associations facilitate; b) the impact of this strategy on the access of both women and the household to productive resources; and c) the effect of this strategy on intrahousehold decisionmaking and resource use. The specific argument presented is that: women's associations assist women and their households with two constraints, shortage of cash and shortage of labour; the impact of these associations varies according to the resource base of the community and socioeconomic attributes of the household; the associations serve the immediate concerns of every member to meet basic needs. App., bibliogr., sum. in French.
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