Culture and religion as sources of gender inequality: rethinking challenges women face in contemporary Africa

The aim of this article is to explore how the contentious issues of culture and religion remain sources of gender inequality and oppression for most women in Africa. Culture refers to the “learned and ideational aspects of human society” (Jenks 1993: 9). In its subjectivity, culture carries the illu...

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Main Author: Rwafa, Urther
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis (Routledge) 2016
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Online Access:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02564718.2016.1158983#abstract
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