Women in Namibia
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2025
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Oxford University Press
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Women and gender in Namibia: concise introduction and literature review: Women have had a significant role throughout Namibian history. Prior to colonization men were generally dominant, but certain women of high rank attained powerful posi¬ tions. Namibian societies and politics became thoroughly gendered during the German and South African colonial periods. After independence the postcolonial Namibian state drew on the intensive involvement of women in the liberation struggle and adopted a le¬ gal framework and policies that emphasized gender equality. Nonetheless, little real im¬ provement has been achieved for the majority of women in postcolonial Namibia. The country's high level of social inequality continues to be profoundly gendered.
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women, Namibia, nationalism, colonialism, postcolonialism
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Becker, H. (2019) “Women in Namibia,” Oxford Research Encyclopaedia on African History. doi: 10.1093/ACREFORE/9780190277734.013.525.