ISBN:
978-1-78360-908-6
,
978-1-78360-909-3
Language:
English
Pages:
250 Seiten.
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Keywords:
Geschichte
;
Frauenbewegung.
;
Soziale Bewegung.
;
Feminismus.
;
Frau.
;
Recht.
;
Afrika.
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Frauenbewegung
;
Soziale Bewegung
;
Geschichte
;
Feminismus
;
Frau
;
Recht
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
An indispensable overview of women's activism and political struggles in contemporary Africa, and the ways in which the continent's women are shaping the struggle for women's rights internationally
Description / Table of Contents:
1. African influences on global women's rights: an overview; Introduction; Changes in women's mobilisation; New feminist influences; African influences on women's rights globally; Leaders in the political representation of women; Leaders in finance and entrepreneurship; Contributions to peace-making and peacebuilding; Cultural rights and women's rights; Outline of this book; Conclusions; References; 2. The evolution of the women's movement in Sierra Leone; Background; The women's movement prior to the war
Description / Table of Contents:
〈〈The〉〉 women's movement during the warThe post-war women's movement; Achievements after the war; Challenges to the women's movement; The way forward; 3. Market women's associations in Ghana; Introduction; Study context; Informal economy workers as political actors; Existing associations and their characteristics; Functions of the market associations; Organisational challenges of the associations; Conclusion; References; 4. Tunisian women's literature of denunciation; Early steps towards rights for Tunisian women; French, Egyptian, Russian and Lebanese women alongside Tunisian women
Description / Table of Contents:
〈〈The〉〉 demands of intellectuals and feministsThe Personal Status Code; Literature and commitment; The literature of denunciation and the struggle for a new public morality; The new literature of denunciation in the context of the Arab Spring; Conclusion; References; 5. The Moroccan feminist movement (1946-2014); Introduction; Two main feminist trends; A comparison of secular and Islamic feminisms; Concluding remarks: an alternative?; References; 6. Women's rights and the women's movement in Sudan (1952-2014); Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
Theoretical considerations and regional trends: a framework to understand the Sudanese women's movementThe Sudanese women's movement (1952-2 014); A first experience with democracy (1956-58); The Abboud military regime (1958-64), the October Revolution, and a second experiment with democracy (1964-69); The May revolution and the military regime under Nimeiri (1969-85); The 'April Uprising' and a third experiment with democratisation (1985-89); The Revolution of National Salvation: a military Islamist regime (1989 onwards); Conclusions; References; 7. The women's movement in Tanzania
Description / Table of Contents:
Women during the struggle for independencePresident Nyerere and the Women's Union; International influences; New women's rights mobilisation; Asserting associational autonomy; Women in politics; Gender budgeting; Goals and challenges of women's rights mobilisation; The face of feminism in Tanzania today; Conclusions; References; 8. The women's movement in Kenya; Introduction; The character of the women's movement in the postcolonial era; The women's movement at the national level; Women's formal and informal mobilisation at the grassroots level; The efforts of individual women
Note:
The efforts of women parliamentarians through KEWOPA.
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