Obstacles for Women in Leadership Positions: The Case of South Africa

One of the findings of a 2007 survey done by the South African Commission on Gender Equality is that more than 30 percent of the respondents are of the opinion that women are too emotional to handl…

Strengthening Gender Research to Improve Girls' and Women's Education in Afri…

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights ratified in 1948 by the United Nations elevated education as a basic human right. All sub-Saharan countries endorsed the Declaration, as they did the Ed…

On Institutionalized Sexual Economies: Employment Sex, Transactional Sex, and…

Today Kenya boasts the longest-standing, largest, and most lucrative cut flower industry across Africa (Dolan, Opondo, and Smith 2002: Bonarriva 2003; Riisgaard 2009). The core of Kenya’s flori…

Women in the Promotion of Cultural Security and Development in Africa

This paper examines the role of women in protecting and preserving the cultural heritage of the African continent which is an important ingredient for national development. It traces the indispensa…

The Politics and Economics of Body Image and Sexuality in Africa: Thoughts fr…

Body image is internal and external. It is seen by ourselves and by others. Social body image constructs seem to be built on what is deemed to be beautiful within our cultural contexts, which in …

Re-righting the sexual body

This article explores the concept of “sexual rights” and what this means in the context of state-sponsored and publicly supported homophobia across the African continent. It explores the grow…

Transforming Female Identities- Women's Organisational Forms in West Africa

This is a collection of papers both from a conference held in early 1993 on women and organization in West Africa. It deals with women's associations as platforms or spaces for the transformation o…

Abused Women's Understandings of Intimate Partner Violence and the Link to In…

In this article, we explore how women survivors of intimate partner violence understand the abuse they endured and the possible link to intimate femicide. This is a qualitative study based on a f…

Where is the Money for Women's rights in Africa; An African Feminist Resource…

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Jobless Economic Growth: Lessons from Africa

Following the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, economic growth has eluded many countries. Africa, on the other hand, is projected to host seven of the ten fastest growing economies in the p…