Women and Work in Africa

Bay, Edna G.

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“…According to Bay (2019), women are trained from an early age to firmly believe that they are inferior to men; that their place is in the homes and fields; that they should tend to the needs of their husbands and bear children. In spite of these firmly rooted cultural beliefs and practices, women are breaking through the so-called ‘glass ceiling’ by taking on senior leadership positions such as IDSOs, circuit managers and district directors in education district offices (Moorosi, 2010).…”

Section: Women In Leadership Positionsmentioning

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A case study of the experiences of women leaders in senior leadership positions in the education district offices

Bodalina¹,

Mestry²

2020

Educational Management Administration & Leadership

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This research was inspired by two critical factors relating to women leaders in senior positions in education district offices. Firstly, women leaders are continually plagued with stereotyping, and secondly, women are repeatedly undermined by male colleagues. Although the South African Constitution and other related legislation prohibits any form of gender discrimination, inequalities and injustices against women still prevail. Women are subjected to a false notion that they lack the resilience and experience desired when faced with hard-hitting or threatening situations. The primary focus of this study was to explore the experiences of women leaders in senior positions in the Gauteng East Education District office. To underpin this study, intersectionality and feminist theories were selected. Using a qualitative case study, one of the main findings of this study revealed that women in senior leadership positions in education districts persistently struggled to balance their work and family life amidst rooted patriarchal systems and cultural traditions. These women primarily lacked the aspiration to apply for senior leadership positions, but through formal mentorship, dedication and resilience took up senior leadership positions in education district offices.

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Section: Women In Leadership Positionsmentioning

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A case study of the experiences of women leaders in senior leadership positions in the education district offices

Bodalina¹,

Mestry²

2020

Educational Management Administration & Leadership

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“…There is a sizeable literature that seeks to understand gender dynamics in postcolonial Africa within the context of everyday material struggles (e.g., Bay, 1982;Brownhill, 2009;Obbo, 1980). "From the colonial creation of the male breadwinner to contemporary contests over love and money", notes Andrea Cornwall, "the intersection of livelihoods and life ways forms a key thread through the literature on gender in Africa" (Cornwall, 2005:7).…”

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Colonialism and its legacies, as reflected in water, incorporating a view from Malawi

Mathur

Mulwafu

2018

WIREs Water

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Continued, accelerating water inequalities and conflicts in the postcolonial world cannot be properly grasped without a thorough understanding of colonialism and its legacies. At the same time, water as a resource provides an immensely useful lens for understanding the intricacies and the dynamics of the colonial and postcolonial eras, in general terms, and in the particular historical instance of Malawi examined here. This essay draws on a range of literatures—social theory, political ecology, history, anthropology, sociology, geography, and so on—to demonstrate that struggles over water and other natural resources in the postcolonial world are situated within wider global structures and relationships of power. Starting with a discussion of theoretical approaches to water, the essay goes on to examine the processes of state formation in Sub‐Saharan Africa, and explore the intersectionality of the contemporary lived experience of class, gender, race, and ethnicity in this region. It ends with a consideration of social differentiation, land tenure, degradation of water resources and natural resource conflict in Malawi. Traversing across humanities and social science disciplines, this essay uses water as a means of cutting a path through world historical questions on the articulations between the global and the local in the present era. This article is categorized under: Human Water > Water Governance Human Water > Water as Imagined and Represented

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The Role of Culture in the Work-Life Border Management: An Insight from Ghanaian Married Female Workers in the Formal Sector

Adom

2021

Work-Life Interface

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Women and Work in Africa

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A case study of the experiences of women leaders in senior leadership positions in the education district offices

A case study of the experiences of women leaders in senior leadership positions in the education district offices

Colonialism and its legacies, as reflected in water, incorporating a view from Malawi

The Role of Culture in the Work-Life Border Management: An Insight from Ghanaian Married Female Workers in the Formal Sector

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