2008
DOI: 10.1177/0891243208325888
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Between Women's Rights and Men's Authority

Abstract: Across the African continent, women's rights have become integral to international declarations, regional treaties, national legislation, and grassroots activism. Yet there is little research on how African men have understood these shifts, and how African masculinities are implicated in such changes. Drawing on a year of ethnographic research in the Ugandan capital Kampala, this article investigates how ordinary men and women in Uganda understand women's rights, and how their attitudes are tied to local conce… Show more

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“…It is not unusual for men to be hesitant to shift gender responsibilities [18]. However, there was an openness to move beyond current traditional roles among the men, more so in Maligita, where men agreed and felt they had a greater responsibility to contribute and support their wives and were interested in developing avenues through which to do so.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is not unusual for men to be hesitant to shift gender responsibilities [18]. However, there was an openness to move beyond current traditional roles among the men, more so in Maligita, where men agreed and felt they had a greater responsibility to contribute and support their wives and were interested in developing avenues through which to do so.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Uganda, similar to many other countries regionally and globally, cultural expectations and treatment of girls and boys are markedly different, reflecting pervasive gender inequality rooted in entrenched patriarchal beliefs (Kyegombe et al, 2015; Wyrod, 2008). These gender differences may become even more pronounced in adolescence when attitudes towards gender roles and norms are frequently solidified (Barker, 2000; Kaufman, 2000), thus underscoring the salience of examining gender differences during this life-stage.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Moore 1986, Barker and Ricardo 2005, Bingenheimer 2010, Wyrod 2007, 2008, Agadjanian 2002, Hunter 2002, Smith 2007, Cornwall 2002). The attainment of these goals underpinned the reproduction of patriarchal systems.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%