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Struggling in Hard Times: The Zambian Women's Movement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2019

Bonnie B. Keller
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Extract

The Women's Decade has had a substantial impact in Zambia. Before 1975 there was virtually no discussion about the economic and political situation of the nation's women. Since 1985, however, many of the issues raised during the Decade have been made specific to the Zambian situation by a small national women's movement. Professional women active in the movement have focused on changes in policy making and planning processes to improve women's economic situation, rather than on political mobilization and participation.

Type
FOCUS: Beyond Nairobi: Women’s Politics and Policies in Africa Revisited
Information
African Issues , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , Summer 1989 , pp. 18 - 25
Copyright
Copyright © African Studies Association 1989 

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1 Republic of Zambia, Guidelines for Formulation of the Fourth National Development Plan, Lusaka, Office of the President, National Commission for Development Planning, June, 1988.

2 Raj Bardouille, Women's Employment Patterns, Discrimination and Promotion of Equality in Zambia, Addis Ababa, ILO, 1985.

3 Population and Housing Census of Zambia, Analytical Report (Vol. II): Demographic and Socio-Economic Characteristics of Zambia Population, Lusaka, Central Statistical Office, 1980.

4 J.P. Banda and S.K. Gaisie, “Overview: Policy Implications for Population Growth in Zambia,” National Seminar on Dissemination and Utilization of the 1980 Population and Housing Census Data, Lusaka, 1985.

5 Zambia Daily Mail, September 9, 1988.

6 Times of Zambia, September 11, 1988.

7 United National Independence Party, Freedom House, Lusaka, personal communication, October, 1988.

8 Geisler, Gisela, “Sisters under the Skin: Women and the Women's League in Zambia,” Journal of Modern African Studies, v. 25, no.l, 1987, p. 57.CrossRefGoogle Scholar