The central role of women in food security in Africa

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

7 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

04/30/2009

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

Social sciences

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Summary :

Introduction
Discussion of theory
Case study
Comparing the theory with the case study
Conclusion
Bibliography

Abstract

This paper will explore the problem of food security in africa. It will provide a general overview of the problem. Then it will relate the issue to the specific ways in which food security involves women in africa, as producers and consumers of agricultural products. It will show links between Western aid and food security issues. It will argue for a greater voice for women in the production, distribution and consumption of food in local contexts, which argues for fundamental changes to African cultures, where women often have very few rights, such as lack of rights to property ownership or little or no involvement in community decision making. As a case study, the paper will discuss a study of food shortages in the rainy season in the Sub-Saharan country Malawi and the outside work which women have to do to decrease food scarcity.(Kerr, 2005) The problems the poor face in the case study, it will show, reflects the general concerns that are expressed by other authors in this paper who take a sympathetic view to the problems of the oppression of women in africa and how it relates to food scarcity.