Cultures africaines et genre : le sens d’un féminisme africain
Contemporary African debates on social relations between the sexes or on gender are part of a defensive logic, and endeavor to justify the idea that African cultures abound in gender-related practices and behaviors. However, the meaning and relevance of the latter are not obvious. Hence the many que...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Language: | Français |
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2025
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| Online Access: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | Contemporary African debates on social relations between the sexes or on gender are part of a defensive logic, and endeavor to justify the idea that African cultures abound in gender-related practices and behaviors. However, the meaning and relevance of the latter are not obvious. Hence the many questions in this field: what is the meaning and basis of gender-related practices in traditional Africa? How do these practices relate to international recommendations on gender issues? Wouldn't African feminism benefit from investing more time in the search for the meaning of its practices? This is the crux of our debate, whose aim is to show that a fight for the meaning of African feminism, as a value and orientation, is timely and inevitable. To achieve this objective, we have carried out a comparative analysis of cultural arrangements on gender and international human rights agreements. |
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