The Feminization of Development Processes in Africa

Current and Future Perspectives

The Feminization of Development Processes in Africa cover

The Feminization of Development Processes in Africa

Current and Future Perspectives

Quantity
In stock
$125.05 RRP $138.95 Website price saving $13.90 (10%)

This product is usually dispatched within 1 week

Description

Women have historically provided vision and leadership to African countries and are now being recognized as pivotal to the overall sustainable development of Africa. In many cases, however, this recognition has not resulted in the empowerment of African women, who still face great discrimination. This edited volume explores the contributions women have made to all phases of development—planning, design, construction, implementation, and operation—and the obstacles they have had to face. Besides analyzing the current situation and identifying trends, the contributors also make recommendations for policy reform and for future planning.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Trends and Conundrums in the Feminization of Development Processes in Africa by Valentine Udoh James
Sociopolitical Development Processes
Women and Politics in Nigeria: An Appraisal by Kofi Johnson and R. Babatunde Oyinade
Women's Empowerment and the Anthropology of Participatory Development by Ester Igandu Njiro
Looking at African Women: Media Representations of Feminism, Human Rights, and Development by Amy Beer and Christine List
The State and Feminization of Developmental Processes in West Africa by Ifeyinwa E. Umerah-Udezulu
Historical Women in the Fight for Liberation by Felix K. Ekechi
Gender-Based Discrimination in Housing and Urban Development Policies in Cameroon by Ambe J. Njoh
The State and Integration of Women in Ibo: Patriarchy and Gender Advancement by Ifeyinwa E. Umerah-Udezulu
Educational, Economic, and Institutional Development
Women's Education in Nigeria: Improving Trends by James S. Etim
African Women in the Development Process: Business and Computer Technology Issues by Alice Etim
Women in the Mobilization and Allocation of Household Savings in Developing Countries: Promoting Interlinks between Women's Indigenous Savings Groups and Community Banks in Nigeria by Noble J. Nweze
Women and Development in West Africa: Traditional Views in Contemporary Literature by Anthonia C. Kalu
Development and Women's Writings from Southern and Northern Africa by Victoria Carchidi
Index

Product details

Published Apr 30 1999
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 256
ISBN 9780275959463
Imprint Praeger
Dimensions 235 x 156 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Valentine U. James

VALENTINE U. JAMES is Assistant Professor in Envir…

ONLINE RESOURCES

Bloomsbury Collections

This book is available on Bloomsbury Collections where your library has access.

Related Titles

Environment: Staging