Date of Graduation
1999
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MA
College
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Geology and Geography
Committee Chair
Ann Oberhauser
Committee Member
Calvin Masilela
Committee Member
Daniel Weiner
Abstract
This research examines the role of gender in African women’s economic co-operatives in the Northwest Province of South Africa. The theoretical frameworks of feminist geography and gender and development reveal the interconnections between issues of women, work, and rural economic development. Background information is presented to illustrate the complexities of rural African women’s economic exclusion under apartheid and today, and a case study approach is utilized to reveal the development and viability of two particular economic co-operatives. Issues concerning the organization, membership, production, and markets of the two co operatives are discussed, as well as the relationship between the co-operatives and the principal funding agency. The findings from this research are relevant to rural development policy for African women in South Africa.
Recommended Citation
Pratt, Amy Danielle, "Rural women and economic survival strategies in the former Bantustans: A case study from the Northwest Province, South Africa." (1999). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 10395.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/10395