Tabitha Kiriti Nganga, Clem A. Tisdell

Gender Inequality in Kenya

Gender Inequality in Agricultural Households in Kenya : Economic Analysis

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book analysed the female participation in household decision-making in agricultural households in Kenya; discussed and analysed the migration of husbands to urban areas and role of remittances; discussed the process of agricultural commercialisation, its effects and that of marital status of women on land use practices; analysed the effect of urban policy bias, commercialisation and marital status on food purchases and food availability; analysed the determinants and effects of family size and gender preference. The study found that married women participate little in household decision-making and bargaining models have little explanatory power in patriarchal societies. The book concludes that gender inequality is a lifelong burden on women s self- esteem and capabilities. It thwarts women s aspirations and restricts their opportunities and denies them the experience that would build competence and self-direction, and enable equal partnerships with men. Hence, raising the status of women through empowerment would improve women s lives, and contribute alot to the society s overall social, political and economic development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9783838341897
• ISBN-10: 3838341899
• Artikelnr.: 28707422

Autorenporträt

T. Kiriti Nganga is a senior lecturer of Economics at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She has published widely on gender inequality in journals and books. Clem Tisdell is Professor Emeritus in Economics at the University of Queensland, Australia. He has published widely on gender inequality and its change with economic development.