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The article unwraps notions related to young African women's lifeworld experiences of physical disability. The study is positioned in the broad context of the theoretical frameworks of phenomenology, existential sociology, the social construction of reality, feminist disability theory, and intersectionality. Focus is given to the way social systems of cultural oppression and discrimination impact women with physical impairments and manifest in how they perceive and make meaning of their everyday life experiences. Women with physical impairments often experience a double measure of oppression—being both female and disabled. When these women try to engage in a normal life and interact with others, they experience barriers imposed on them by their social reality—particularly in the form of cultural norms and patriarchal ideals. There are also instances where participants demonstrate resilience in the face of negative social stereotyping, instances that clearly show that they are not different, and do not perceive themselves as being different to able-bodied women. Drawing on semi-structured in-depth interviews with eight young Black women who are living with physical disabilities in Lesotho, the objective of this article is to examine their everyday life experiences within a predominantly able-bodied society.

EnglishThe purpose of this qualitative study with 17 Somali-born North American immigrant women was to better understand the women's experiences with and views of female genital cutting (FGC), as well as their recommendations for developing more effective, inclusive and respectful prevention and intervention strategies for the practice.FrenchLa finalité de cette étude qualitative menée auprès de 17 femmes immigrantes nord américaines nées en Somalie était de mieux comprendre les expériences des femmes, leurs opinions à propos de l'excision, ainsi que leurs recommandations pour développer des stratégies de prévention et d'intervention plus efficaces, inclusives, et respectueuses pour la pratique.SpanishEl propósito de este estudio cualitativo de 17 mujeres nacidas en Somalia que emigraron a los EEUU es comprender mejor las experiencias y visiones de estas mujeres en relación a la mutilación de genitales femeninos (FGC, por sus siglas en inglés), así como también sus recomendaciones para el desarrollo de estrategias de prevención e intervención más efectivas, inclusivas y respetuosas a la hora de realizar dicha práctica.

An attempt to describe the relationship of the white South African woman to the African, & to examine some aspects of the white woman's intrapsychic response. The description of the field of racial contact is confined to the intimacy of daily life, which implies contact with Africans in the role of servants. The soc situations involved are typically Ur. The care of white infants is frequently in the hands of African F's, who give them the physical contact, warmth, security & rhythmic movement that the white child often lacks from its own mother. Emotional dependence of the mother may produce deep feelings of inadequacy which are expressed as resentment. A double moral code based on the dual mother role begins very early; what the mother forbids in emotional display & bodily activities the `nanny' may permit or initiate. By the time the F child is of Sch-going age she has usually a well-developed ambivalence towards Africans. Personal relationships with Africans are usually repressed during adolescence. Children simply take for granted the essential material services of the servants. The relation of the housewife to her servants is extremely complex & involves the assumption of racial superiority side by side with parental projections, guilt towards a subject people, fear of an alien culture & dependence on African labor for the practical mechanics of living. A brief account of some of the common complaints illustrates the barrier of tensions between black & white adults in the intimacy of the home. Psychol'al consequences are discussed. The customs & habits of the South Africans lay great stress on the principle of duality; this duality is seen to correspond to the cultural & archaic levels of the human psyche. An undiff'iated African mother-complex remains buried in the unconscious & is lived in participation mystique with the African people. The adult F therefore consciously rejects & unconsciously identifies with the African mother-world. When a conflict situation comes to the surface, 'the way to healing is possible through the realization of E. Neumann's dictum that the conception of the unity of the archetypal feminine is one of woman's fundamental experiences.' E. Weiman.

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The aim of this paper is to study some of Lauren Beukes' feminine characters and to draw a parallel between them and some famous South African personalities presented in her non-fiction work Maverick: Extraordinary Women from South Africa's Past. To this end, I will analyse three of her novels, Moxyland (2008), Zoo City (2010) and The Shining Girls (2012), in order to draw attention to the part played by South African women in Apartheid and post-Apartheid society.

The WomenAction 2000 case data illustrate that the Internet situation among women's organizations in Africa is highly problematic. The women have specific computer network needs -- & even among this "group" the needs vary. They further represent grassroots women who have no access to computer networks. The survey data illustrate that appropriate theorizing on Internet working by women in Africa must address both technological & social issues. It must also integrate gender, North-South, context, & other aspects. For this purpose, available approaches are neither complete nor entirely adequate. Together, however, they offer enough building blocks to study African women & Internet introduction appropriately. Constructivist technology studies (including gender & technology approaches) offer good starting points for an appropriate model. Nevertheless, constructivism needs additions to support gender empowerment in the South. Critical development studies & the integrative view on global communications offer useful additions to this end. 1 Table, 43 References. Adapted from the source document.