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Women's organisations among the Kipsigis: change, variety and different participation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

Anne Sørensen
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L'article argumente que les grandes transformations économiques qui sont apparues dans la société Kipsigis, et plus spécifiquement depuis le début de ce siècle, ont fondamentalement changé les liens que les femmes créent entre elles au niveau local, en dehors de la famille la plus proche et le ménage. La façon dont les femmes vivent et travaillent ensemble, en tant qu'épouses et mères, a changé dans un sens qui mine sérieusement les sanctions collectives de solidarité féminine à travers les ménages. Dans ce procés de changement les manieres indigènes de s'associer des femmes se sont développés vers d'autres formes, et de nouvelles organisations féminines ont vu le jour avec le soutien ‘de l'exterieur’. L'article regarde surtout les changements dans les efforts de coöpération, traditionellement entrepris par les femmes Kipsigis. L'article se concentre principalement sur les groupes de travail des femmes au niveau des quartiers, mais examine également d'autres et plus récents groupes et organisations au niveau local, qui s'occupent de divers aspects de la vie des femmes.

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Research Article
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Africa , Volume 62 , Issue 4 , October 1992 , pp. 547 - 566
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Copyright © International African Institute 1992

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