Women and Sustainable Human Development : Empowering Women in Africa

This book adds significantly to the discourse surrounding the progress made in empowering women in Africa over the last decade, providing strong research evidence on diverse and timely gender issues in varied African countries. Topics covered include climate change and environmental degradation, agr...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Konte, Maty
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Tirivayi, Nyasha (Διευθυντής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Livre numérique
Γλώσσα:Anglais
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
Έκδοση:1st ed. 2020.
Σειρά:Gender, Development and Social Change
Διαθέσιμο Online:Accès sur la plateforme Springer
Accès Université d'Orléans
Σημείωση: Springer e-books science politique (Licence nationale)
Autres localisations: Voir dans le Sudoc
Edition sous un autre format:• Women and sustainable human development, empowering women in Africa, Maty Konte and Nyasha Tirivayi, editors, 2020, Cham, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan, 1 vol. (xx-420 p.s, Gender, development and social change, 978-3-030-14934-5
• Women and Sustainable Human Development, Texte imprimé, 9783030149369
• Women and Sustainable Human Development, Texte imprimé, 9783030149376
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Part I: Introduction Chapter 1: Introduction Part II: Climate Change and Gender Chapter 2: Climate Change, Disease and Gender Gaps in Human Capital Investment Chapter 3: Weather Shocks and Women empowerment Chapter 4: Gender and Climate Change: Towards Comprehensive Policy Options Part III: Women's Land Rights and Agricultural Productivity in East Africa Chapter 5: Women's Land Rights and Agricultural Productivity in Uganda Chapter 6: Land Tenure, Gender, and Productivity in Ethiopia and Tanzania Part IV: Maternal Health and Education Chapter 7: Towards Achieving Equity in Utilization of Maternal Health Services in Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries: Progress and Remaining Challenges in Priority Countries Chapter 8: Barriers to and Facilitators of Contraceptive Use among Married Adolescent Girls in six Sub-Saharan African Countries Chapter 9: Achieving Gender Equality in Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Progress and Challenges in Moving from the MDGs to the SDGs Chapter 10: Gender Disparities in Access to and Use of ICT in Senegal Part V: Labor Market Participation and Unpaid Care Work Chapter 11: Gender Gaps in Employment and Wages in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review Chapter 12: Child Health and Relatives' Employment in South Africa: The Gendered Effect beyond Parents Chapter 13: Unpaid Care Work Inequality and Women's Employment Outcomes in Senegal Chapter 14: When Women go to the City: African Women's Rural-Urban Migration and the Sustainable Development Goals Part VI: Women's Bargaining Power and their Households' Well-being Chapter 15: Women's Empowerment and Child Obesity: Evidence in Comoros, Malawi, and Mozambique Chapter 16: Women, Inclusive Finance and the Quality of Life: Evidence from Zambia Chapter 17: Women's Bargaining Power and Households Living Standards in West Africa: Evidence from Benin, Togo and Mali Part VII: Women in Politics and Society.-Chapter 18: Female Policy Makers and Women's Wellbeing in Africa Chapter 19: Pathways to Political Empowerment: An Examination of Factors that Enable Women to Access Political Leadership Positions in Kenya Chapter 20: It is all about Power: Corruption, Patriarchy and the Political Participation of Women.-Chapter 21: Facts, Narrative and Action on Gender Equality in Modern Africa: A Sociological Approach to Priorities And Omissions Part VIII: Conclusion Chapter 22: Conclusion.