Introduction to Gender Studies in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Reader

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Quo Vadis Women’s and Gender Studies in Africa?....Pages 3-27
Women and Society in Female Authored Short Stories and Poems From Namibia....Pages 29-39
Local Contexts, Local Theory....Pages 41-64
Reinforcement Or Transformation....Pages 65-76
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Women as Mediators in South Africa....Pages 79-93
African Marriages in Transformation....Pages 95-113
LGBTI Rights and Experiences in Three Southern African Nations....Pages 115-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Women, Education and Sustainable Development in Sudan....Pages 143-156
Women in Teaching and Educational Administration in Kenya....Pages 157-175
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Women and Entrepreneurship Development – The Case of South Africa....Pages 179-195
Women and Small Scale Entrepreneurship....Pages 197-213
Women, Land Use, Property Rights and Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe....Pages 215-232
The Role of Women in Political Decision Making in East and Southern Africa....Pages 233-243
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Gender and HIV in Namibia....Pages 247-256
Women and State Violence in Zimbabwe, 2000–2008....Pages 257-275
Back Matter....Pages 277-286