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Title:Gender alternatives for Africa's development: method and evidence
Editors:Phalane, Manthiba M.ISNI
Okoosi-Simbine, Antonia T.
Year:2012
Issue:9
Pages:138
Language:English
Series:CODESRIA gender series
City of publisher:Dakar
Publisher:CODESRIA
ISBN:2869784937; 9782869784932
Geographic terms:Africa
Botswana
Malawi
Tanzania
Zambia
Subjects:gender
women
development
empowerment
women entrepreneurs
violence
AIDS
Abstract:This book presents discussions on gender and development by focusing on thematic and sectoral studies that highlight aspects of method and development alternatives. Included are articles on gender and development, gender alternatives, as well as gender based violence, HIV and AIDS. Section 1 focuses on locating gender in the development discourse, Section 2 consolidates the engagement with the development discourse, concentrating on issues of gender, entrepreneurship, survival and development. Section 3 draws from the root causes of gender violence, including HIV/AIDS, and its limitations to development. Contributions: Locating gender in the development discourse: overcoming obstacles and pushing for progress (Manthiba M. Phalane); Contending gender issues and multiple worlds (Irene Pogoson); Strengthening women's voice and representation in Africa (Antonia T. Okoosi-Simbine); Gender and entrepreneurship: some lessons from Botswana (Zelealem T. Temtime); Local initiatives of refugee women from the Great Lakes region of Western Tanzania (Lydia Wambugu); Productive and reproductive roles of women in Sub-Saharan Africa: a developmental agenda (Adeyinka A. Bruce); Patriarchy and African women's development: the case of Malawi's opposition to violence against women (Jessie Kabwila Kapasula); Women coping with care giving in the context of HIV and AIDS in Zambia: a developmental challenge (Lilian Siwila) [ASC Leiden abstract]
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