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How do people adapt and survive in the harsh environment of the drought-prone Sahelian region, south of the Sahara desert? This work examines choices facing farmers in this region, and includes a discussion of crop choice, attempts to improve yields, investments in equipment, and the effects of these decisions on family and household organization

Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Hearth and Home -- Norma Tilden - Maytag Washer, 1939 -- Joyce Dyer - My Mother's Singer -- Psyche Williams-Forson - If You Can't Stand the Heat: Ruminations on the Stove from an African American Woman -- Rebecca McClanahan - Sad-Iron, Glad-Iron -- Joy Castro - Grip -- Bedroom and Birthing Room -- E. J. Levy - Of Vibrators -- Jennifer Cognard-Black - The Hot Thing -- Emily Rapp - Beautiful Monster: Life with a Prosthetic Limb -- Monica Frantz - Midwife Hands, Mother Hands -- Farm, Lawn, Hill, and Wood

The meanings and practices of racial identity are continually reshaped as a result of the interplay of actions taken at the individual and institutional levels. This text is a study of African American women as symbols, and as participants, in the reshaping of the meaning of African American racial identity

The author looks at the prospects for placing gender equality high on the agenda of the African National Congress (ANC). She examines the ANC statement on the "Emancipation of women in South Africa" and points out that the ANC acknowledges the culpability of this and of other democratic organizations in perpetuating women's oppression through their policies and practices. Activities of the ANC Women's League are discussed. (DÜI-Sen)

Cover -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Call to Action -- 2 A Nation at War -- 3 One Woman Votes -- 4 Movement West -- 5 Some Rights Extended -- 6 African-American Suffragists -- 7 Fractured -- 8 New Century, Old Battle -- 9 New Tactics -- 10 Another War -- 11 Final Battle -- 12 Epilogue -- Timeline -- Chapter Notes -- Further Reading -- Index.

Women in African states have contributed immensely to nation-building and socio-economic
development of their various societies. Despite, it has not translated into more women
occupying political leadership positions in West Africa. The article critically analysed the role
political parties play in preventing women from occupying political leadership positions.
Political parties in some West African states are not committed to gender equality as leadership
structure, nomination of candidates and campaign financing are biased against women. Lack
of internal democracy and male-style politics dominate party affairs which limit women
participation in politics and a confrontational approach instead of seeking collaboration and
consensus is also relevant for understanding this scenario. Patriarchy dominates the activities
of political parties thereby limiting women which further perpetuate gender inequality in
politics. It recommended that political parties should implement proportional
representation/quota system to encourage more women to contest for elective posts.

AbstractThis paper examines the effect of financial inclusion on women's empowerment. We contribute to the growing interest in financial inclusion effectiveness literature by conducting an empirical analysis of 42 African countries to examine the role of financial inclusion in empowering women. We also examine and compare the effectiveness of the three dimensions of financial inclusion viz. usage, access, and quality, and the first most influential indicators, based on their PCA score, of these dimensions. Our findings suggest that financial inclusion has a significantly positive effect on women's empowerment‐measured by females' human development index. Examining the relative importance of financial inclusion dimensions, we find access to financial services has a higher effect on women's empowerment. These results are robust to alternative measures of women's empowerment and financial inclusion, and alternative estimation procedures. We also find that the effect of financial inclusion on women's empowerment is higher in low and lower‐middle‐income countries compared with upper‐middle‐income countries in the region. This study provides evidence of one of the channels through which financial inclusion contributes to reducing gender inequality, and thereby enhancing economic development.

In this article, an attempt is made to define the African family as it relates to reproduction. A review of the theoretical discussions and empirical studies indicates that none of the earlier conceptualizations of family structure is adequate enough for analyzing the relationship between family structure and fertility. It is suggested that three major dimensions, social structure, social-psychology and economics, underlie the African family structure and that their full understanding is essential to a meaningful analysis of the role of kinship networks in Africa's population growth. Indeed, the issues involved in the study of the fertility of African, especially rural, women may not be fully understood until the ramifications of the African family and kinship networks are fully understood and adequately conceptualized.

Through the rich and often moving stories of African migrant women living in Johannesburg, this book explores the experience of living between geographies. Author Caroline Kihato draws on fieldwork and analysis to examine the everyday lives of those inhabiting a fluid location "between and betwixt" multiple worlds, suspended between their original home and an imagined future elsewhere. Around them, they create a social world that reflects tensions, risks, and opportunities. By revealing the lives of people who are often hidden from view, the book tells the story of women's migration to Johannesburg as they experience it. In this interstitial city, we uncover how their relationships with the state, economy, place and community shape contemporary urban life.

Der Anteil von Frauen in politischen Entscheidungsgremien in Uganda und in Südafrika ist im afrikanischen Vergleich sehr hoch. In beiden Staaten wurde die Gleichstellung und politische Partizipation der Frauen gesetzlich und institutionell verankert. Der vorliegende Artikel gibt einen Überblick über diese Prozesse und fragt, ob die Einführung demokratischer Strukturen allein bereits eine größere Repräsentation von Frauen in der Politik garantieren kann und ob diese automatisch auch eine größere Berücksichtigung von Fraueninteressen bei der politischen Entscheidungsfindung bedeutet. (DÜI-Spl)