Gender, Livelihoods and Migration in Africa

About the Book

This book presents an in-depth discussion within diverse contexts and a range of conceptual and methodological offerings, which interrogate not only issues concerning the migration discourse, but of gender theory and practice as well. It explores the gendered patterns of migration including how gender impacts on decisions to migrate in terms of who goes and why. Furthermore it examines how this affects the benefits and risks of migration for women and men, including impact on gender relations. The book’s empirical analysis is expertly crafted and executed, and the author shows an impressive state-of-the-art qualitative research analysis. This book provides an invaluable, up-to-date and refreshing discussion of key development issues in sub-Saharan Africa.

The book will be of particular interest to those working in disciplines, and interdisciplinary fields such as development studies, agricultural studies, rural development, migration studies, gender studies, African studies, anthropology, political science, political economy, social work, economics, geography, and sociology.

About the Author

Justina Dugbazah is a gender and development specialist. She currently works with the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (technical body of the African Union) in South Africa. She is also affi liated with the University of Pretoria as an Associate with the Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies, and an External Examiner for the Department of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Dr. Dugbazah has vast experience working in positions that bridge academia and development policy and practice. Prior to her employment with the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency, Dr. Dugbazah worked as a Research Fellow and also taught ethnography and gender and development at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, where she also obtained a PhD in gender and development. She has also worked as a Policy Analyst and Project Manager for many years in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Her special interests are in gender mainstreaming, rural livelihoods, women’s empowerment, poverty reduction strategies, migration, ethnography, human rights and other subsectors under gender and development.