Women's organisations among the Kipsigis
Change, Variety and Different Participation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2512262 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Sørensen (0000-0003-2191-4138, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 547-566 |
| Publication date | 1992-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1161350 |
| OpenAlex | W2065626407 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 19 |
The article argues that the great economic transformations which have occurred in Kipsigis society, particularly since the turn of this century, have fundamentally changed the ties women establish among themselves at the local level, outside the close family and the household. The ways in which women live and work together, as wives and mothers, have changed in a way which seriously undermines the collective sanctions of female solidarity across households. In this process of change women's indigenous ways of associating have developed other forms and new women's organisations have emerged with governmental and other 'outside' support. The article deals primarily with changes in the co-operative efforts in which Kipsigis women have traditionally engaged. Its focus is on women's neighbour-hood-level work groups, but it also examines other and more recent local-level groups and organisations that deal with different aspects of women's lives
Economic growth · Economics · Focus group · Indigenous · Political science · Sanctions · Sociology · Solidarity · Variety (cybernetics · Work (physics · Gender Studies · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Law · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
Sisters and wives
African women south of the Sahara
Class and economic change in Kenya
Feminism and anthropology
Toward an anthropology of women.
Gender planning in the third world
Women's groups and women's subordination
Class and Economic Change in Kenya
The Social Institutions of the Kipsigis
Women, Power, and Economic Change
African Systems of Kinship and Marriage
Against many odds
Household strategies for adaptation and change
Manufacturing dissent
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 2004 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |