Articles · Vol. 20 No. 4 (1995): Africa Development: Special Issue on the Gender Institute 1994

Les femmes chefs de famille à Dakar

by Codou Bop

  • Codou Bop
    Codou Bop Population Council, Dakar, Sénégal
    Codou Bop est une sociologue et journaliste sénégalaise. Elle s'engage pour la défense des droits des femmes et contre les violences de genre en Afrique subsaharienne.
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Abstract

This article is a synthesis of social works on, including the author's experience of, the social and economic changes in the urban families and peripheral districts of Dakar (Senegal), with a particular emphasis on women-headed households. The author reviews the characteristics of the such families and analyses the impact of the overall economic situation on their profiles. The author came up with the concept of 'women as breadwinners' with a precarious social status, despite the existing solidarity networks.

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Author Biography

  • Codou Bop, Population Council, Dakar, Sénégal

    Codou Bop est une sociologue et journaliste sénégalaise. Elle s'engage pour la défense des droits des femmes et contre les violences de genre en Afrique subsaharienne.

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