Ebook: The feminization of development processes in Africa : current and future perspectives

Women have historically provided vision and leadership to African countries and are now being recognized as pivotal to the overall sustainable development of Africa. In many cases, however, this recognition has not resulted in the empowerment of African women, who still face great discrimination. This edited volume explores the contributions women have made to all phases of development--planning, design, construction, implementation, and operation--and the obstacles they have had to face. Besides analyzing the current situation and identifying trends, the contributors also make recommendations f.  Read more... Trends and conundrums in the feminization of development processes in Africa / Valentine Udoh James -- Women and politics in Nigeria: an appraisal / Kofi Johnson and R. Babatunde Oyinade -- Women's empowerment and the anthropology of participatory development / Ester Igandu Njiro -- Looking at African women: media representations of feminism, human rights, and development / Amy Beer and Christine List -- The state and feminization of development processes in West Africa / Ifeyinwa E. Umerah-Udezulu -- Historical women in the fight for liberation / Felix K. Ekechi -- Gender-based discrimination in housing and urban development policies in Cameroon / Ambe J. Njoh -- The state and integration of women in Ibo: patriarchy and gender advancement / Ifeyinwa E. Umerah-Udezulu -- Women's education in Nigeria: improving trends / James S. Etim -- African women in the development process: business and computer technology issues / Alice Etim -- Women in the mobilization and allocation of household savings in developing countries: promoting interlinks between women's indigenous savings groups and community banks in Nigeria / Noble J. Nweze -- Women and development in West Africa: traditional views in contemporary literature / Anthonia C. Kalu -- Development and women's writings from southern and northern Africa / Victoria Carchidi