Rice, Sapphires and Cattle: Work Lives of Women Artisanal and Small-Scale Min…
Strong global demand for coloured gemstones,1 particularly in India and China, has led to a phenomenal expansion of the market in recent years (KPMG 2014). Levin (2012) suggests that globally, 80 p…
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Liberia’s Election of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Women’s Executive Leaders…
In November 2005, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf became the first female elected head of state in sub-Saharan Africa. On the face of it, the fact that this important breakthrough occurred in Liberia may see…
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First Things first: Problems of a Feminist Approach to African Literature
In the autumn of 1981 I went to a conference in Mainz. The theme of the conference was 'The Role of Women in Africa'; it was a traditional academic conference and proceeded in an orderly fashion wi…
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South African Engagement with Muslim Personal Law: The Women’s Legal Centre…
This case study article examines the South African context, introduces the Women’s Legal Centre (WLC) in Cape Town, South Africa as a feminist organisation, and explores the strategies of the WLC…
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Resilience in the Face of Starvation: Copiing Strategiies for Food Securiity …
Food insecurity in Kenya has been a big challenge amongst many households. In the pursuit of family survival in situations where the family granaries are empty, women are known to bear the most res…
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Exploration of Knowledge of Cervical Cancer and Cervical Cancer Screening amo…
Background: Although preventable, cervical cancer, an AIDS-related disease, is the second most common cancer amongst South African women and the most common cancer amongst black women. Objective: T…
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Women's Knowledge and Food Security
Women play a vital role in the production of food. Most importantly, they are critical in the storage, processing as well as the provision of food at the household level. It is also a fact that …
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Ama Ata Aidoo’s Woman-Centred Pan- Africanism: A reading of selected works
This paper examines the pan-African perspective that informs Ama Ata Aidoo’s body of work. It situates the author’s work within the seemingly male-dominated pan-African discourse of the 1960s a…
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Transforming Gender Relations: Upscaling Collective Action in Women’s Entre…
Strengthening gender equality in business is an important and valid entry point to achieve Sustainable Development Goals that leave no-one behind. Making progress on gender means tackling entrenche…
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Health and Reproductive Rights Portfolio: A look back at the last 14 years of…
The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) has funded women led initiatives and organizations that have prioritized certain issues under the Health and Reproductive Rights (HRR) theme in 26 Africa…
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