Rooting transformative feminist struggles in Tanzania at grassroots

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Title:	Rooting transformative feminist struggles in Tanzania at grassroots
Authors:	Kitunga, Demere Mbilinyi, Marjorie
Year:	2009
Periodical:	Review of African Political Economy
Volume:	36
Issue:	121
Pages:	433-441
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Tanzania
Subject:	feminism
External link:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056240903211158
Abstract:	Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP) is a feminist organization which aims to strengthen the building of a transformative feminist movement in Tanzania, Africa and worldwide. The organization's vision is of a transformed Tanzanian society characterized by gender equality, equity, empowered women and social justice. This paper examines the feminist theories/approaches which are most prominent in Tanzania and the region today, from the point of view of TGNP's position, viz. transformative feminism. The analysis is situated within the context of corporate-led globalization, the growing power of Western governments and neoliberalism ideology in Africa today, and the current global financial and economic crisis that has illustrated the inherent weaknesses and contradictions within the global capitalist system. In conclusion, the paper looks at post-2006 activities related to feminist activism in Tanzania and Africa. Ref. [ASC Leiden abstract]