Abstract
Gender equity has been acknowledged as critical to the equitable and sustainable development of Anglophone Africa, with much work at various levels in the region since the early 1990s. In higher education, this has included the introduction of courses on women and gender, an increase in studies on gender and place, and networking among feminist scholars and activists. While geographers have made significant contributions to the discourse, these have not translated into the mainstreaming of gender into sub-areas in the discipline nor to an examination of how gendered attributes are socially constructed or to the nature of space-time variations in femininity and masculinity. This paper provides an overview of recent developments in Anglophone African countries in the study of women and of gender studies in general. It offers case studies of work in geography within Ghana and South Africa. In so doing, it locates gender and women’s studies in relation to international women’s movements and African contexts. It also traces how gender studies have evolved and outlines challenges and potential trajectories for future directions.
Highlights
The author appreciates the assistance of the editors of this BELGEO special issue on gender in identifying material about gender studies in South Africa
11 Strategies to improve gender equity in African universities have differed depending on various factors
The rationale behind the change in designation was that a conceptualization from a women in development (WID) perspective tended to focus on the practical needs of women and was focusing on women in isolation rather than on addressing the unequal gender relations between men and women which was at the heart of the development challenge
Summary
ISSN: 2294-9135 Publisher: National Committee of Geography of Belgium, Société Royale Belge de Géographie Printed version Date of publication: 30 September 2007 Number of pages: 261-274 ISSN: 1377-2368. Electronic reference Mariama Awumbila, « Challenging contexts : Gender studies and geography in Anglophone African countries », Belgeo [Online], 3 | 2007, Online since 11 December 2013, connection on 22 May 2020. This text was automatically generated on 22 May 2020. Belgeo est mis à disposition selon les termes de la licence Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Challenging contexts : Gender studies and geography in Anglophone African cou.
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