This book will present three main themes of African women: African feminism, women and work, and women and politics, to inform readers of the current debates, to encourage new thinking on these issues, and to indicate areas for needed research.

Autorentext

MEREDETH TURSHEN Professor of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, USA.

Inhalt
The Political Economy of Women in Africa; M.Turshen Feminism in Southern Africa and Exceptionalism in South Africa; P.McFadden Domestic Workers in South Africa: Class, Race, and Gender; D.Gaitskell, J.Kimble, M.Maconachie & E.Unterhalter The Proletarianization of Women in Tanzania; D.Fahy Bryceson Gender and Contract Farming: Growing Tea in Kenya; D.von Bülow & A.Sørensen Capitalist Development and Women's Work: a Nigerian Case Study; C.Dennis Structural Adjustment and Women in Zimbabwe; N.Kanji & N.Jazdowska Women in Mozambique: Gender Struggles and Gender Politics; S.Arnfred Angolan Women's Congress; M.Holness Strategies for Change: Women and Politics in Eritrea and South Africa; D.Connell The Nigerian Feminist Movement: Lessons from Women in Nigeria (WIN); B.Madunagu Isis-WICCE Continues to Bring Women Together; R.Ojiambo Ochieng Sudanese Women Writing their Status; A.Abdel Halim Tuareg Women, Gender Politics, and Rebellion in Niger Republic; O.Alidou