African Women and Children: Crisis and Response
Although research on the roles and status of women and children in Africa has expanded over the past two decades, there is still a lack of comprehensive, reality-based and sophisticated analyses and documentation of the important issues and debates in this area. This collection of original and thought-provoking essays remedies these shortcomings by providing an eclectic, informed, and contextualized account of the nature and consequences of the oppression and abuse of women and children in...
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Illuminates a wide range of contemporary issues regarding the oppression and exploitation of women and children in Africa. Booknews Various facets of the status of women and children in contemporary Africa are explored by academics, researchers, and policy makers from diverse backgrounds, nations, and theoretical and philosophical orientations. The topics include the impact of parental separation and divorce on children, traditional institutions and the violation of women's human rights in Nigeria, constraints on women's participation in Zambian politics, and the inadequacy of gender-neutral policies for housing delivery systems in Botswana. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Females and Gender Status in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Comparative Critique12The Impact of Parental Separation and Divorce on Children: A Southern African Perspective273Child Abuse: A Sociological Perspective494Traditional Institutions and the Violation of Women's Human Rights in Africa: The Nigerian Case675The Trokosi System in Ghana: Discrimination Against Women and Children916The Feminization of Poverty: Effects of the Arable Lands Development Program on Women in Botswana1057Prostitution, Patriarchy, and Marriage: A Zimbabwean Case Study1218Unequal Opportunities and Gender Access to Power in Nigeria1379Constraints on Women's Participation in Zambian Politics: A Comparative Analysis of the First, Second, and Third Republics15910Street Children: A New Liberation Movement?18511Housing Delivery Systems in Botswana: The Inadequacy of Gender-Neutral Policies20512Women, Knowledge, and Power in Environmental and Social Change225AppStatus of Women in the ERNESA Region: Statistical Summary253Index255About the Editor and Contributors265
\ BooknewsVarious facets of the status of women and children in contemporary Africa are explored by academics, researchers, and policy makers from diverse backgrounds, nations, and theoretical and philosophical orientations. The topics include the impact of parental separation and divorce on children, traditional institutions and the violation of women's human rights in Nigeria, constraints on women's participation in Zambian politics, and the inadequacy of gender-neutral policies for housing delivery systems in Botswana. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
