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Category : Women in development
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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UWONET News
Author: Uganda Women's Network (UWONET)
Author: Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Kathleen SheldonPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442262931
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
African women’s history is a vast topic that embraces a wide variety of societies in over 50 countries with different geographies, social customs, religions, and historical situations. Africa is a predominantly agricultural continent, and a major factor in African agriculture is the central role of women as farmers. It is estimated that between 65 and 80 percent of African women are engaged in cultivating food for their families, and in the past that percentage was likely even higher. Thus, one common thread across much of the continent is women’s daily work in their family plot. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on individual African women in history, politics, religion, and the arts; on important events, organizations, and publications; and on topics important to women in general (marriage, fertility, employment) and to African women in particular (market women, child marriage, queen mothers). This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Women in Africa.
Africa Development
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
A quarterly journal of the Council for the Development of Economic and Social Research in Africa = Revue trimestrielle du conseil pour le développement de la recherche economique et sociale en Afrique.
Changing Gender Roles in the Political and Economic Development of Uganda
Author: Patience Nakijjoba TumwinePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Use of the Mass Media
Author: Just Die Quietly, Domestic Violence and Women's Vulnerability to HIV in Uganda
Author: Lisa KaranjaPublisher: Human Rights Watch
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Category : HIV-positive women
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
Women’s Political Participation: Africa Barometer 2021
Author: International IDEAPublisher: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
ISBN: 9176713970
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
African countries are still far from achieving women’s equal and effective participation in political decision-making. Women constitute only 24 per cent of the 12,113 parliamentarians in Africa, 25 per cent in the lower houses, and 20 per cent in the upper houses of parliament. While local government is often hailed as a training ground for women in politics, women constitute a mere 21 per cent of councillors in the 19 countries for which complete data could be obtained. The Barometer is a key resource of the consortium Enhancing the Inclusion of Women in Political Participation in Africa (WPP) which aims to provide legislators and policymakers with data to assess progress in women’s political participation over time.
Arise
Author: The African Regional Human Rights System
Author: Manisuli SsenyonjoPublisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN: 9004218149
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 629
Book Description
The African human rights system has undergone some remarkable developments since the adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, the cornerstone of the African human rights system, in June 1981. The year2011 marked the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the African Charter. It also marked 25 years since the African Charter entered into force on 21 October 1986.This book aims to provide reflections on most of the major human rights issues in the past 30 years of the African human rights system in practice and discussion on the future: the African Charter s impact and contribution to the respect, protection and promotion of human rights in Africa; the contemporary challenges faced by the African Human rights system in responding adequately to the demands of rapidly evolving African societies; and how the African human rights system can be strengthened in the future to ensure that the human rights protected in the African Charter, as developed in the jurisprudence of the African Commission since the Commission was inaugurated in 1987, are realised in practice.The chapters in this volume bring together the work of 20 human rights scholars and practitioners, with expertise in human rights in Africa, under the following general themes: rights and duties in the African Charter; rights of the vulnerable under the African system; implementation mechanisms for human rights in Africa; and towards an effective African regional human rights system.