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Title:'This is the time to get in front': changing roles and opportunities for women in Liberia
Author:Fuest, VeronikaISNI
Year:2008
Periodical:African Affairs: The Journal of the Royal African Society
Volume:107
Issue:427
Pages:201-224
Language:English
Geographic term:Liberia
Subjects:gender roles
women
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/27667021
Abstract:Most research on women in war focuses on female losses. This article demonstrates that wars may also bring gains. The scope of political and economic roles that Liberian women perform today appears to be larger than before the war. Both individually and collectively, certain women have gainfully used openings the war provided them. The article discusses the historicity of Liberian gender roles, examining the social subgroups of politicians, businesswomen, women's organizations, employees, and school girls. Changes have also been fostered by the international peace-building and aid agencies. Although the realization of female ambitions seems to be constrained by various institutional and economic factors, Liberia may harbour a unique potential for sustainable shifts in gender roles. However, the extent and sustainability of the apparent changes is still hard to assess. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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