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Quiet Heroines Of The Fight For Independence In Senegal

Author(s): Edyta Sacharewicz
Subject(s): Sociology, Social history
Published by: Wydawnictwo HUMANICA Instytut Studiów Kobiecych
Keywords: independence; Senegal; women; French colonization; fight for the rights

Summary/Abstract: In Senegal, the French colonization deepended the difference between a man and a woman which had to face many forms of discrimnation. In consequence she has been completely eliminated from public life. After independence, her situation has not changed a lot. She had to continue fighting for better rights. The author of this article presents the activity of the Senegalese woman, during the French colonization and after independence, which was aimed for improvement of her situation in the country. She wanted also to call attention to the problems that she had to overcome everday.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 52-64
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish
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