• English
    • français
    • Deutsch
    • español
    • português (Brasil)
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • русский
    • العربية
    • 中文
  • English 
    • English
    • français
    • Deutsch
    • español
    • português (Brasil)
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • русский
    • العربية
    • 中文
  • Login
View Item 
  •   Home
  • Journals AtoZ
  • Africa Development
  • View Item
  •   Home
  • Journals AtoZ
  • Africa Development
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Browse

All of the LibraryCommunitiesPublication DateTitlesSubjectsAuthorsThis CollectionPublication DateTitlesSubjectsAuthorsProfilesView

My Account

Login

The Library

AboutNew SubmissionSubmission GuideSearch GuideRepository PolicyContact

Statistics

Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

Gendered Epidemics and Systems of Power in Africa: A Feminist Perspective on Public Health Governance

  • CSV
  • RefMan
  • EndNote
  • BibTex
  • RefWorks
Author(s)
Marindo, Ravayi

Full record
Show full item record
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/24435
Online Access
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ad/article/view/163632
Abstract
This article is about systems of power, and the way different power systems – global, local, patriarchal and family – interconnect and create vulnerability to epidemic and infectious diseases among those with less power, mostly poor, resource-limited rural African women. The main argument is that to understand gendered epidemics in Africa, we need to examine the systems of power that create and perpetuate African women’s vulnerabilities at local, national and global levels. The article uses case studies, extracted from published epidemic stories and interprets these cases from a feminist and power analytical framework. The results suggest that while a disease or an epidemic affect a group of individuals, systemic factors regarding responsible governance and the role of national politics and policies; the role of global systems that control knowledge production and sharing; as well as patriarchy and culture all contribute to creating an environment that increases women’s vulnerability to epidemics.The article concludes by advocating for strengthening practical ways that can make hierarchical power less attractive and equitable distribution of power more attractive. Since current systems of power cannot be eliminated, they need to be challenged and transformed. The article has various limitations. It relies on a small number of case studies and though the literature refers to gender, the analysis is predominantly of women. Notwithstanding these limitations however, the article aims to contribute to the ongoing scholarly debate on governance of public health in Africa as well as to the growing field of African feminist epidemiology.
Date
2017-12-05
Type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Identifier
oai:ojs.ajol.info:article/163632
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ad/article/view/163632
Copyright/License
Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by the journal.
Collections
Africa Development

entitlement

 
DSpace software (copyright © 2002 - 2023)  DuraSpace
Quick Guide | Contact Us
Open Repository is a service operated by 
Atmire NV
 

Export search results

The export option will allow you to export the current search results of the entered query to a file. Different formats are available for download. To export the items, click on the button corresponding with the preferred download format.

By default, clicking on the export buttons will result in a download of the allowed maximum amount of items.

To select a subset of the search results, click "Selective Export" button and make a selection of the items you want to export. The amount of items that can be exported at once is similarly restricted as the full export.

After making a selection, click one of the export format buttons. The amount of items that will be exported is indicated in the bubble next to export format.