(West) African Feminisms and Their Challenges

Nkealah, Naomi

doi:10.1080/02564718.2016.1198156

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“…From this contemporary relational standpoint, women's experiences should not be viewed as uniform for merely being 'women' but also considering their diverse individual experiences with other women and also with men in society which altogether create the existing social inequalities. These multicultural and postcolonial perspectives on standpoint feminism resist mainstream feminism's tendency to universalise women's experiences of oppression and struggles without considering the crucial differences across national, ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds that embrace womanhood [19,37,39].…”

Section: Theorising From the Stories Of Women In Asm: Multiple Feminimentioning

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“…Through an African feminist standpoint, which is rooted in the on-site experiences of rural Ghanaian women in ASM, their oppression, cultural marginalisation, injustice, treatment as second-class workers at mine sites and ethnic discrimination can be analysed and better understood from their 'own' perspectives. As Nkealah asserts, African feminism is firmly rooted in the 'lived' experiences and realities of continental African women as opposed to African women in the diaspora and western women [39]. Defying the socio-cultural norms to engage in ASM, Ghanaian women have to endure working in mining environments which are generally unfriendly to women and children with little or no work support services.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The paper is organised into five sections. After this introductory section, the next section provides a theoretical framework of gender inequality through a 'standpoint' perspective [23,25] and African feminism theory [39]. Through a multiple standpoint and African feminism framework, the paper contributes to the understanding of the shared and varied perspectives of rural African women miners' plights at their workplace.…”

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Occupying the Fringes: The Struggles of Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Rural Ghana—Evidence from the Prestea–Huni Valley Municipality

Arthur-Holmes

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2020

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Across many mineral-rich developing countries, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has been noted as a crucial socioeconomic activity for most rural people. Over the past 2 decades, there has been growing participation of women in the ASM sector with extant studies examining why women participate in ASM, the roles they play and how their involvement enhances their socioeconomic development. However, the socio-structural dynamics and gendered relations within ASM are poorly understood and underexplored despite the increasing participation of women in the sector. Based on field observations and interviews involving 49 women miners in the Prestea-Huni Valley Municipality of Ghana, this paper discusses the on-site challenges of women in ASM through multiple standpoint and African feminism theoretical perspectives. It also examines how understanding the struggles of women can reduce their work-related risks and promote gender-sensitive policies for rural women's empowerment in ASM. The study finds that the struggles of working women in ASM involve cultural marginalisation and gendered work patterns, poor working environment, poor work support services for women with children, lack of legal and economic rights, and inter-ethnic discrimination by employers. We argue that policymakers, relevant stakeholders, and the government through the district assemblies should collaborate with small-scale mining employers to enhance gender-sensitive on-site regulatory policies, ensure safe working environments for workers, and provide locally appropriate work support services for women in ASM. We further argue that, government and regulatory institutions need to promote gender mainstreaming for 'inclusion of women' in the management structure at mine sites and also the extraction and processing stages of ASM.

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Section: Theorising From the Stories Of Women In Asm: Multiple Feminimentioning

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Section: Theorising From the Stories Of Women In Asm: Multiple Feminimentioning

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Occupying the Fringes: The Struggles of Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Rural Ghana—Evidence from the Prestea–Huni Valley Municipality

Arthur-Holmes

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2020

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“…Aquest període va coincidir amb un nivell creixent de teorització i creació de coneixement al continent (Mama, 2005) que va redundar en una major producció d'estudis de la dona en les facultats del continent. El feminisme africà té una important trajectòria de mobilització de les dones per a encarar les necessitats, condicions i aspiracions específiques de les dones del continent (Nkealah, 2016;Baderoon i Decker, 2018). Aquesta mobilització ha tingut les seues limitacions, entre les quals hi ha la pèrdua d'entusiasme pels ideals feministes, fins i tot dins dels moviments de les dones (Ahikire, 2014).…”

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Activisme en línia contra la violència de gènere: com el feminisme africà utilitza Twitter per a progressar

Datiri¹

2020

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RESUM L'objectiu principal del feminisme africà ha estat millorar les condicions de vida extremes de les dones africanes en una societat predominantment patriarcal. No obstant això, en els últims cinc anys sembla que les coses estan canviant gràcies a l'ús que les feministes estan fent de les plataformes en línia per transformar aquesta realitat. Aquest article analitza com les dones africanes estan emprant Twitter per protestar contra el terrible maltractament que pateixen i que va des del matrimoni infantil i forçat fins a l'esclavitud, passant per la violència domèstica, el segrest, l'agressió sexual i altres formes de violència de gènere. A través de tres campanyes de hashtag (#BringBackOurGirls, #JusticeForNoura i #JusticeForOchanya) analitzarem l'impacte de Twitter sobre l'activisme de gènere africà. De l'anàlisi crítica del discurs (ACD) de tuits seleccionats es desprenen tres narratives clau construïdes per les activistes que van participar en les campanyes: solidaritat en sororitat feminista, igualtat de gènere i clam per la justícia. Els tuits s'analitzen sota aquests tres temes per mostrar que els missatges construïts per les activistes han contribuït a fer créixer la causa feminista africana. L'article tanca amb les lliçons que podem extraure de les campanyes, les quals mostren la capacitat dels mitjans socials per a promoure els objectius del feminisme africà.

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“…African feminism has a track record of mobilising African women to address the special needs, conditions and aspirations of continental African women (Nkealah, 2016 andBaderoon andDecker, 2018).…”

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Online Activism Against Gender-Based Violence: How African Feminism is Using Twitter for Progress

Datiri

2021

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The chief goal of African feminism has been to better African women’s dire conditions in a mainly patriarchal society. Over the last five years however, the tide appears to be turning as feminists across the continent make greater use of online platforms to work change. This paper discusses the ways in which African women are using Twitter to protest against the abusive conditions women face including early and forced marriages, domestic abuse, abduction, sexual assault, slavery and other forms of genderbased violence. Through the lens of three hashtag campaigns (#BringBackOurGirls, #JusticeforNoura and #JusticeForOchanya), the paper examines the impact of twittering on African gender activism. Through Critical Discussion Analysis of selected tweets three key narratives emerged, constructed by the online activists who took part in the campaigns: Solidarity in Feminist Sisterhood; Gender Equality; and A Call for Justice. The tweets are analysed under these themes showing that the meanings constructed by the activists helped advance the African feminist cause. The paper concludes with the lessons to be drawn from the campaigns, which show social media’s scope for advancing the goals of African feminism.

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(West) African Feminisms and Their Challenges

Cited by 59 publications

References 11 publications

Occupying the Fringes: The Struggles of Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Rural Ghana—Evidence from the Prestea–Huni Valley Municipality

Occupying the Fringes: The Struggles of Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Rural Ghana—Evidence from the Prestea–Huni Valley Municipality

Activisme en línia contra la violència de gènere: com el feminisme africà utilitza Twitter per a progressar

Online Activism Against Gender-Based Violence: How African Feminism is Using Twitter for Progress

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