Feminist Knowledge | Bibliography: African Women's Studies II

Women's Work  

The rising number of anthologies focusing on women's productive and reproductive roles in particular regions has enormously improved the conceptualising, evaluation and assessment of women's domestic work, agricultural activities and wage labour in different African contexts.

Ahikire’s bibliography offers important references to detailed studies of concerns and priorities in feminist scholarship, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.

Studies of women in the informal sector by scholars like Omari, Robertson and Snyder have highlighted women's agency and indicate the centrality of the informal sector for African women. Studies of waged labour by Arbisala and Oppong deal with the discriminatory policies that continue to constrain women's employment opportunities and rights.  

Ahikire, J. 1997. Gender and Labour in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Annotated Bibliography. Kampala: Centre for Basic Research.

Akpalu, E. 1997. "Participation of Women in Public Life", in Aderinwale, A. ed. Empowering Women for the 21st Century: The Challenges of Politics, Business, Development and Leadership. Accra: African Leadership Forum (ALF) Publications. 1997.

Arbisala, O. 2001. The African Woman Entrepreneur of the Year 2000 and Beyond. Lagos: Project Solutions Ltd.

Bagile, A. 2002. “Increased Social, Economic and Gender Inequality Under Globalization: The Case of Women in the Informal Sector”, in AAWORD. Gender, Economic Integration, Governance and Methods of Contraceptives. Dakar: AAWORD.

Barrett, H. 1997. "Women. Occupation, and Health in Rural Africa: Adaptation to a Changing Socioeconomic Climate." Journal of Occupational Science, 4, 3:93–105.

Council for Economic Empowerment of Women in Africa (CEEWA), Uganda Chapter. 1996. Report of a Workshop on Gender and Mainstream Economic Development, 27–29 April. Kampala: CEEWA.

Council for Economic Empowerment of Women in Africa (CEEWA). 1997. Women's Visions for Economic Justice in Uganda. Kampala: CEEWA.

Diop, K. 1997. "Professionalism and Social Obligations: Balancing the Scale", in Aderinwale, A. ed. Empowering Women for the 21st Century: The Challenges of Politics, Business, Development and Leadership. Accra: African Leadership Forum (ALF) Publications.

Doss, C. 1999. "Twenty-Five Years of Research on Women Farmers in Africa: Lessons and Implications for Agricultural Research Institutions with an Annotated Bibliography." Mexico City: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). Economics Program Paper 99–02.

Erinosho, S. and Fawole, P. 2002. “Liberalization and Poverty Alleviation: The Impact of Co-operatives on Rural Nigerian Women”, in AAWORD. Gender, Economic Integration, Governance and Methods of Contracpetives. Dakar: AAWORD.

Fall, Y. 1997. "Gender Relations in the Democratization Process: An Analysis of Agrarian Policies in Africa." Issue. 25, 2:8–11.

Freidberg, S. 2001. "To Garden, to Market: Gendered Meanings of Work on an African Urban Periphery." Gender, Place and Culture, 8, 1, March:5–24.

Githanji-Mwangi, E. 1998. The 21st Century Woman Scientist: From Girl-Student to Woman-Scientist." Nairobi: ICIPE Science Press.

Gladwin, C., Buhr, K. L., Goldman, A. and Hiebsch, C. 1997. "Gender and Soil Fertility in Africa", in Buresh, R. J., Sanchez, P. A. and Calhoun, F. eds. Replenishing Soil Fertility in Africa: Proceedings of an International Symposium. Madison, Wisconsin: Soil Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy. SSSA Special Publication 51.

Hoodfar, H. 1998. Between Marriage and the Market: Intimate Politics and Survival in Cairo. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press.

Le Ban, K., Byrnes, F. and Tisch, S. 2000. African Women Gain Leadership Skills to Guide Agricultural Development: Lessons Learned and Best Practices First Ten Years (1989–1999): African Women Leaders in Agriculture and the Environment Program (AWLAE). Arlington, Virginia: Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development.

Meer, S. Ed. 1997. Women, Land and Authority: Perspectives from South Africa. UK: OXFAM.

Munguni, K., Kabui, E., Isoilo, M. and Kamaara, E. 2002. “The Implications of Economic Reforms in Gender Relations: The Case of Poor Households in Kisumu Slums”, in AAWORD. Gender Economic Integration, Governance and Methods of Contraceptives. Dakar: AAWORD.

Nyman, R. and Naudascher, K. 1996. The Struggle on All Fronts: The Position of Women Workers in Southern Africa: Research Report for the ASATUW III(Annual Southern African Trade Union Women's Forum) Conference, Harare, 8–11 September, 1996. Johannesburg/Windhoek: National Labour and Economic Development Institute (NALEDI).

Obi, R. 1998. "Women's Participation at Executive Level in Trade Unions in Nigeria (1985–1990)." Africa Development. 23, 3/4:163–182.

Omari, C. 1997. Women in the Informal Sector. Dar es Salaam: Dar es Salaam University Press.

Oniang'o, R. 1996. "African Women's Strategies to Advance Household Food Security", in Turpin, J. and Lorentzen, L. eds. The Gendered New World Order: Militarism, Development, and the Environment. New York: Routledge.

Opolot, S. and Ssenkumba, J. 1996. Report of the Workshop on A Dialogue on Gender Dimensions of Agricultural Policy in Uganda. Kampala: Centre for Basic Research.

Oppong, C. African Mothers, Workers and Wives: Inequality and Segregation. Geneva: International Labour Organization (ILO). Population, Human Resources and Development Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa Working Paper Series 2.

Robertson, C. 1997. Trouble Showed the Way: Women, Men and Trade in the Nairobi Area, 1890–1990. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

Rwebangira, M. 1996. The Legal Status of Women and Poverty in Tanzania. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet.

Sentamu-Masagazi, M. 1996. "Women in Business: Is there a Cultural Problem in Africa?" in Lejeune, M. and Rosemann, P. W. eds. Business Ethics in the African Context Today. Nkozi, Uganda: Uganda Martyrs University.

Sheldon, K. 1996. Courtyards, Markets, City Streets: Urban Women in Africa. Boulder: Westview.

Simone, A. 1995. "From Reproduction to Reinvention: Women's Roles in African Cities." Africa Insight, 25, 1:4–14.

Snyder, M. 2000. Women in African Economies: From Burning Sun to Boardroom. Kampala: Fountain Publishers.

Tadria, H. 1997. "Poverty and Gender in Africa", in Kifle, H., Olukoshi, A. and Wohlgemuth, L. eds. A New Partnership for African Development: Issues and Parameters. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet.

Ufomata, T. 2000. "Women in Africa: Their Socio-Political and Economic Roles." West Africa Review, 2, 1 (August 2000) http://www.westafricareview.com/war/vol2.1/ufomata.html.

UNECA. 1996. A Study of the Economic Empowerment of Women and Their Role in the Socio-Economic Development of Africa. United Nations Economic Commission for Africa: Addis Ababa.