On the Status of African Women
In: Peace review: the international quarterly of world peace, Band 3, Heft 4, S. 55-58
ISSN: 1040-2659
It is paradoxical that while the economic development (& sometimes even survival) of African societies has depended in large part on the efforts of their women, the status of women in Africa is lower than in most other nations. They are cognizant of their situation & at times have rebelled against it, but without significant or long-lasting success. An overview of the geographical, cultural, & political reality of Africa is presented as background to a discussion of the current situation of women in specific nations & of efforts to institute their rights as defined in the 1948 UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is contended that popularization of education for women is the most powerful weapon in this struggle. J. W. Stanton