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Bibliography of Research on Uganda Women: Gender/Feminism/Women
(Prepared for The New Women's Movement in Uganda)
BOOKS
Abidi, S.A.H. 1990. Ugandan women in development. Kampala: Foundation for African Development.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
Cabot, P. 1996. 'Ugandan women organising'. In Mary Van Lieshout (ed) A woman's world: beyond the headlines. 61-64.
Obbo, Christine. 1986. 'Stratification and the lives of women in Uganda'. In Claire Robertson and Iris Berger (eds) Women and Class in Africa. 178-196.
Obbo, Christine. 1989. 'Sexuality and economic domination in Uganda'. In Nira Yuval-Davis and Floya Anthias (eds) Women, Nation, State. 71-91.
Obbo, Christine. 1990. 'East African Women, Work and the Articulation of Dominance'. In Irene Tinker (ed) Persistent Inequalities: Women and World Development. 210-222.
Obbo, Christine. 1993. 'Gender stratification and vulnerability in Uganda'. In Gat Young and Bette Dickerson (eds) Color, Class and Country: Experiences of Gender. 182-196.
Ogden, Jessica. 1996. '"Producing" respect: the "proper" woman in postcolonial Kampala'. In Richard Werbner and Terence Ranger (eds) Postcolonial identities in Africa. 165-192.
Perlez, Jane. 1993. 'Uganda's women: children, drudgery and pain'. In Christina Hoff Sommers and Frederic Tamler Sommers (eds) Vice & Virtue in Everyday Life: Introductory Readings in Ethics. 181-185.
Tadria, Hilda. 1987. 'Changes and continuities in the position of women in Uganda'. In P.D. Wiebe and C.P. Dodge (eds) Beyond Crisis: Development Issues in Uganda. 79-90.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Ahikire, Josephine. 1994. 'Bringing women back in. A search for alternative historiographies'. Quest (Dec). VIII: 2. 3-20.
Boyd, Rosalind. 1989. 'Empowerment of women in contemporary Uganda: real or symbolic?' Labour, Capital and Society Volume 22, Number 1. 20-40.
Boyd, Rosalind. 1989. 'Empowerment of women in Uganda: real or symbolic?' Review of African Political Economy Number 45-46. 106-117.
Davies, Charles. 1999. 'Advocacy for gender equity: the case of bridewealth in Uganda'. Promotion & Education Volume 6, Issue 2. 13-15.
Geiger, Susan. 1999. 'Engendering and gendering African nationalism: rethinking the case of Tanganyika (Tanzania)'. Social Identities Volume 5, Issue 3 (Sep). 331-343.
Kakwenzire, Joan. 1993. 'The rise of feminist thought in Uganda'. African Management Development Forum Volume 3, Number 1. 68-73.
Katahweire, Ernest. 1989. 'The position of women in Kinyankore culture with particular reference to the Church of Uganda in Ankole'. African Mind Volume 1, Number 1. 199-226.
Mbire-Barungi, Barbara. 1999. 'Ugandan Feminism: Political Rhetoric or Reality'. Women's Studies International Forum Volume 2, Number 4. 435-439.
Mwaka, Victoria Miriam. 1996. 'Women's studies in Uganda'. Women's Studies Quarterly Volume 24, Number 1-2. 449-464.
Nuwagaba, Augustus. 2001. 'Situation analysis of women in the Ugandan political economy'. Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review Volume 17, Number 1 (Jan). 15-30.
Ottemoeller, Dan. 1999. 'The politics of gender in Uganda: Symbolism in the service of pragmatism'. African Studies Review Volume 42, Issue 2 (Sep). 87-104.
Seeley, J. et al. 1996. 'Revealing Gender Differences Through Well-being Ranking in Uganda'. P L A Notes Number 25. 14-18.
Wakoko, Florence and Linda Labao. 1996. 'Reconceptualizing gender and reconstructing social life: Ugandan women and the path to national development'. Africa Today Volume 43, Issue 3 (Jul/Sep). 307-322.
RESEARCH REPORTS
Boyd, Rosalind. 1989. Empowerment of women in contemporary Uganda: real or symbolic? Montreal: McGill University, Centre for Developing Area Studies.
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). 1990. Uganda WID profile. Ottawa: CIDA.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Danish Agency for Development Assistance (DANIDA). 2000. The challenge of working with gender: experiences from Danish-Ugandan Development Cooperation. Danish contribution to Beijing +5. 76 pages.
Mutibwa, Olivia M.N. 1988. Ugandan women in high-level decision making positions, February 1986: A preliminary study. Kampala: s.n.
Mwaka, Victoria; Mary Mugyenyi and Grace Bantebya. [1994?]. Women in Uganda: A profile. Kampala: Department of Women's Studies, Makerere University.
UGANDA GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
Ministry of Gender and Community Development 1997. The national gender policy. Kampala: Ministry of Gender and Community Development.
Ministry of Gender and Community Development and the Statistics Department,
Ministry of Planning and Economic Development. 1998. Women and men in Uganda: facts and figures, 1998. Kampala: Ministry of Gender and Community Development.
Ministry of Gender and Community Development. 1995. Country report in preparation for the Fourth World Conference on Women, 1995. Kampala: Ministry of Gender and Community Development.
Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. 1999. The national action plan on women. Kampala: Ministry of Gender, Labour and Development.
Uganda National Council for Children. 1994. Equity and vulnerability: a situation analysis of women, adolescents, and children in Uganda, 1994. Kampala: Government of Uganda: Uganda National Council for Children.
UN DOCUMENTS
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). 1988. Uganda: women's needs assessment survey. Kampala: UNICEF.
World Bank. 1992. Uganda: Gender Issues. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. 11 pages.