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ASRC 4602 - Women and Gender Issues in Africa


(GB) (SBA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.

N. Assié-Lumumba.

May be used for Social Sciences Requirement/Satisfies Geographical Breadth Requirement. There are two contrasting views of the status and role of women in Africa. One view portrays African women as dominated and exploited by men. According to another view women have a favorable social position in Africa: indigenous ideologies consider women to be the foundation of society, they are economically active and independent and they have an identity independent of men. In this seminar we will discuss the status and role of women in Africa historically as well as in the contemporary period. Among the topics to be covered are: women in nonwesternized/pre-colonial societies; the impact of colonial policies on the status of women; gender and access to schooling, participation in the economy and politics; women and the law; women and health issues; gender issues in southern Africa; womanism and feminism; the United Nations Decade of Women and the four World Conferences on Women (Mexico 1975, Copenhagen 1986, Nairobi 1985, and Beijing 1995).



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