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Gender, Science and Technolog: Perspectives from Africa

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Catherine Wawasi Kitetu; Anthonia Achike; Damian Opata; Elisabeth Sherif; Fibian Kavulani Lukalo (ed), ; Ghislaine Agonhessou Yaya; John Wilson Forje; Jackline Kerubo Moriasi; Lydia Ayako Mareri; Mweru Mwingi; Kenneth Nyangena; Olubukola Olakunbi Ojo; Samson Moenga Omwoyo (ed),
DOI: https://doi.org/10.57054/codesria.pub.153

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CODESRIA Gender Series Volume 6, 2008, 177 p., ISBN: 2-86978-221-1

Science and technology is widely advocated as the indisputable foundation for political and economic power in the modern world. However, it still remains marked by various layers and dimensions of gender inequality that work to the disadvantage of girls and women. Despite the fact that a lot of awareness has been created and that gender issues are now more readily acknowledged by various development initiatives in Africa, participation in science and technology remains a hurdle as far as girls and women are concerned.

A common theme that runs through the book is how feminine identities, ideologies of domesticity and gender stereotypes, and the inadequacy or lack of clear policies facilitate the invisibility of women in science and technology. This notwithstanding, women have never ceased devising clever and ingenious ways to enable them to master nature, from the margins.

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Catherine Wawasi Kitetu

Department of Languages and Linguistics, Egerton University, Kenya.

Anthonia Achike

Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nigeria,Nigeria.

Damian Opata

Department of English, University of Nigeria, Nigeria.

Elisabeth Sherif

Centre d’Etude d’Afrique Noire. Institut d’Etudes Politique,Dedeaux, France.

Fibian Kavulani Lukalo, Moi University, National Land Commission, Royal African Society, University of Cambridge

Institute for Human Resource Development, Moi University, Kenya.

Ghislaine Agonhessou Yaya

Department of the NGO FMN, Calavi, Benin.

John Wilson Forje

Department of Political Science, University of Yaounde II, Cameroon.

Jackline Kerubo Moriasi

Department of Agricultural Economics and Business,Egerton University, Kenya.

Lydia Ayako Mareri

Department of Languages and Linguistics, Egerton University,Kenya.

Mweru Mwingi

Department of Education, Rhodes University, South Africa.

Kenneth Nyangena

Department of Development Support, University of Orange Free State, South Africa.

Olubukola Olakunbi Ojo

Department of Educational Foundations and Counseling,Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria.

Samson Moenga Omwoyo, Kenyatta University, University of California Davis, Wageningen University and Research Centre

Department of History, Archaeology and Political Studies, Kenyatta University, Kenya.

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APA Kitetu, C. W., Achike, A., Opata, D., Sherif, E., Lukalo, F. K., Yaya, G. A., Forje, J. W., Moriasi, J. K., Mareri, L. A., Mwingi, M., Nyangena, K., Ojo, O. O., & Omwoyo, S. M. (2008). Gender, Science and Technolog: Perspectives from Africa. CODESRIA. https://doi.org/10.57054/codesria.pub.153

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