Introduction to Gender Studies in Eastern and Southern Africa : : A Reader / / edited by James Etim.

• HerausgeberIn: Etim, James.
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XII, 286 p.)

Africa has witnessed massive changes in the last fifty years – from independence through structural adjustment, rule by military juntas in several countries and to a period now where the focus is on how best to prioritize their needs based on resources, national goals and human potential. There is g...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material / James Etim
• Quo Vadis Women’s and Gender Studies in Africa? / Gertrude Fester
• Women and Society in Female Authored Short Stories and Poems from Namibia / James Etim
• Local Contexts, Local Theory / Maheshvari Naidu
• Reinforcement or Transformation / Claudine Hingston
• Women as Mediators in South Africa / Connie M. Anderson
• African Marriages in Transformation / Julia Pauli
• LGBTI Rights and Experiences in Three Southern African Nations / Suzanne LaFont
• Women, Education and Sustainable Development in Sudan / James Etim and Randa Gindeel
• Women in Teaching and Educational Administration in Kenya / Victor F. O. Ombati
• Women and Entrepreneurship Development – The Case of South Africa / Ravinder Rena
• Women and Small Scale Entrepreneurship / Mamorena Lucia Matsoso and Chux Gervase Iwu
• Women, Land Use, Property Rights and Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe / Average Chigwenya and Pardon Ndhlovu
• The Role of Women in Political Decision Making in East and Southern Africa / Michael Wabomba Masinde
• Gender and HIV in Namibia / Shelene Gentz and Mónica Ruiz-Casares
• Women and State Violence in Zimbabwe, 2000–2008 / Darlington Mutanda , Howard Rukondo and Elizabeth Matendera
• About the Contributors / James Etim
• Index / James Etim.