The Institute for African Renaissance Studies, College of Graduate Studies,
UNISA, in conjunction with the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
(NPCA) have the pleasure of inviting you
to a Seminar on Education, Gender and Development In Africa and a Book
Launch.
It is envisaged that the seminar combined with a book launch will help
enhance the interest of not only students, but also UNISA staff as well as
other Institutions of Higher Learning, and development partners, in research,
writing and publishing in these fields.
the book launch
“Gender, Livelihoods and Migration in Africa” (2012)
Author: Dr. Justina Dugbazah
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Justina Dugbazah
Project Manager: Gender & Development Programme
NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA)
Venue:
Date:
Thursday, 23 August 2012
Time:
08:00 – 16:00
RSVP:
Prof. Esther Kibuka-Sebitosi
Institute for African Renaissance Studies, UNISA
Tel: +27-12 320 3180/1
Fax: +27-12 320 3417
Email: sebitek@unisa.ac.za /
Mrs Pauline Kekana
Tel: 012 3203180
Fax: 012 2303417
Email: kekanp@unisa.ac.za
Directions to the venue
GENDER, LIVELIHOODS AND MIGRATION IN AFRICA
GENDERED IMPACT OF MIGRATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
The impact of rural-urban migration on families in southern Africa reflects
tensions between the importance of gendered differentials in economic
survival and social displacement. In southern Africa, where urbanisation is
higher, the legacy of outmigration from the rural agricultural economies to
the more industrialised South African economy continues to have a
profound impact on the structure of families. Studies from Swaziland show
that labour migration has disrupted kinship ties. The outmigration of Swazi
men to South African mines has forced women to undertake the rearing of
children alone.
Many households lack the stabilising influence of a father and are thus
incapable of providing the support network needed for family stability. In addition, the large number of
single women has increased poverty levels. Yet ironically, while single women may be poorer, they have
more control of household resources and are freer to direct more resources towards health and
education than women who live with men. This situation differs from the experience of many West
African women, whose decision-making power does not necessarily increase with higher productive and
reproductive workload.
Outmigration has invariably led to the decline of agricultural production, as wives of migrants are
entrusted, or rather left to struggle, with the responsibility of subsistence farming households.
Meanwhile erratic rains, drought, shortage of fertile land, and lack of markets for farm products have
all compounded the decline of agricultural livelihoods. This gendered experience of migration calls for
an in-depth gender analysis and the development of gender-inclusive migration policies and
programmes.
The book “ Gender, Livelihoods and Migration in Africa” will be available
to participants at a discounted price of R200.
To purchase books online please go to: http://www.genderlivelihoodsandmigration.com