Les rapports sociaux de genre connaissent depuis quelques annĂ©es des mutations significatives en Afrique et dans le monde. En effet, la vague de dĂ©mocratisation qui souffle sur le continent depuis le dĂ©but des annĂ©es quatre-vingts et les transitions politiques qui en dĂ©coulent engendrent une participation croissante des femmes dans la sphĂšre publique. Sur le plan Ă©conomique, les femmes dĂ©ploient de nombreuses stratĂ©gies afin de sâassurer une certaine autonomie financiĂšre et, partant une capacitĂ© Ă sâaffirmer au sein du mĂ©nage qui relĂšverait du domaine privĂ©. Mais en mĂȘme temps, les rapports sociaux de genre dans les sphĂšres publique et privĂ©e restent encore marquĂ©es par la discrimination, lâinĂ©galitĂ©, et la violence dont la majoritĂ© des victimes seraient des femmes.
The Codesria Gender Series aims to invigorate the African social sciences with debates that challenge conventional wisdom, received ideologies and gender stereotypes, and to showcase the best in African gender research. The wave of democratization on the African continent and the political changes afoot since the 1980s have led to greater participation of women in the public domain, and women have developed strategies to attain certain financial autonomy in the private sphere. However in both the public and privates spheres, gender relations are still characterized by discrimination. These essays in both French and English present strategies to encourage the participation of women in the public domain; and demonstrate the increasing importance of gender questions amongst young African researchers.
Penda Mbow is a lecturer in western and Muslim history at the University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal. She is a gender activist and specialist in gender and law with regard to women and Islam in Senegal.
CODESRIA 2005
ISBN 2-86978-151-2
