Democracy and the Rise of Women's Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Index 䉬•䉬 ABANTU for Development, 12, 13, 102, 125 Accra: community associations in, 12–13; serial killings in, 1–2, 88–89, 100; surveys in, 14– 15, 129–31 African Development Bank, 63 age relations, 70–71, 128–29 agricultural work, 23, 29 Akan people, 4, 28, 146n3 (ch 4) Amina of Zaria, Queen, 19 Angola, 23–24, 39, 46, 113 Anlo-Ewe people, 29–30 Anlu (organization), 4 Arab Women’s Cultural Association, 4 Arab Women’s Institute, 4 Asante people, 28, 29 ASAWA (International Association for the Advancement of Women in Africa): activities of, 13, 75–76, 83, 86; interviews and, 12; and queenmother, 80 Ashanti people, 146n3 (ch 4) Asmah, Gladys, 101, 102–3, 106 authoritarian regimes: in Latin America, 123; after national independence, 24; transition from, 35, 45, 54–55; women and, 115–16. See also fear of authoritarian regimes; state-run women’s organizations Baule women, 4, 20 Belgian Congo, 22 Beng people, 19, 20 Benin, 39, 46 Beti people, 23 Better Life Program, 6, 26 Botswana, 39, 46, 112, 113 British Council, 14, 67 British High Commission, 14 Buganda people, 22 Burkina Faso, 39, 46 Burundi, 19, 39, 46 Cameroon: Beti people of, 23; democratic transition in, 46; Kom people of, 4, 20; legislative representation by women in, 39; women’s organizations in, 56 Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), 14, 63, 65–66 Cape Verde, 40, 46 capital, access to, 24. See also funding cash crop economy, 29 Center for Democratic Development, 67, 68 Central African Republic, 3, 40, 46 Chad, 40, 46 Christian Council Women’s and Children’s Desk, 12, 13, 83 Christian Mothers’ Association (CMA), 12, 13 CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency), 14, 63, 65–66 civic responsibility, voting and, 85–86 Page numbers in italics refer to tables. civil strife, 23–24, 115–16 coalitions, formation of: in Ghana, 120; influence , rights, and, 124; Net Right, 90, 97–98; Sisters’ Keeper, 1, 88–89, 90; transition to democracy and, 92–93, 98–99. See also specific organizations collective identities: drawing on, 92; formation of, 10–11; as women, representing concerns of other women, 20, 79–83, 114, 119 colonial governments: demonstrations against, 5, 17–18, 21; exclusion of women by, 18, 28– 29, 35; gendered structures and, 18–21; political structures and, 22–24; as Western and masculinist, 8–9, 36–37 community associations: in Accra, 12–13; advantages of, 54, 55; in Africa, 4, 25; authoritarian regimes and, 49, 51; divisions between , 68–70, 72–73; divisions within, 70– 71; evolution of, 93; funding for, 51, 64–68; in Ghana, 31–32, 117–21; history of, 114, 121– 22; importance and influence of, 5; local knowledge and, 9; protection of resources by, 68–71, 86; queenmother role and, 80; staterun women’s organizations and, 6–7, 26, 35, 48–52; United Nations Decade for Women and, 25. See also funding; specific organizations Comoros, 40, 46 Congo, 25 constitution, drawing on, 77, 79, 91 co-optation of women’s associations by staterun organizations, 6–7, 26, 35, 48–52 Côte d’Ivoire: Baule women in, 4, 20; Beng of, 19; democratic transition in, 46; legislative representation by women in, 40 Crabbe, V.C.R.A.C., 110 cultural imperialism, and domestic violence bill, 107 culture of politics, 9, 11, 34, 112 culture of silence, 31, 59 CUSAASA (organization), ix, 12, 13 dance associations, 4 DANIDA (Danish International Development Agency), 14, 63, 67–68 data gathering: interview methods for, 12–14, 127–29; survey methods for, 14–15, 129–33 democracy. See transitions to democracy Democratic Republic of the Congo, 40, 46 democratization workshops, 75–76, 86 demonstrations: against colonial governments, 5, 17–18, 21; in Guinea, 3; in Kenya, 3, 5, 56; about serial killings, 1–2, 88; by women, about women’s issues, 20–21 Djibouti, 40, 46 domestic violence bill: activists’ view of, 101–3; characterizations of activists for, 106–8; marital rape clause of, 100, 104–6, 109–10; media and, 104–6; ministry’s view of, 95– 96, 103–4; overview of, 111–12, 121; serial killings and, 100–101 Domestic Violence Coalition: activities of, 13, 98–99, 108; domestic violence bill and, 101, 106, 107; interview and, 12 donor agencies: change in policies of, 91–92; funding by, 63–68, 72; interviews with, 14 dual gendered systems, 18–21, 114–15 East Africa, 22 Eastern Europe: co-optation of women in, 48, 49–50; government collapse in, 123; mobilization patterns with democratization in, 5– 6...