Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One. Power and participation. Constitutionalising gender rights and the politics of inclusion in Kenya since 1962 / by Peter Wagula Wekesa -- Chapter 2: Gender, Governance and Participatory Development in Uganda: Lessons for the Local Government by Esuruku Robert Senath -- Chapter 3: Women's Political Participation in Uganda: A Case Study of Mbarara Municipality by Juliet Ntawubona -- Chapter 4: Achievements and Challenges of Gender Mainstreaming in Leadership and Decision-making at Federal Level in Ethiopia by Deribe Assefa, Hibret Nigussie, and Terefe Zeleke -- Chapter 5: Re-arranging the Patriarchal Value System through Women's Empowerment: An Experience from Tanzania by Judith Namabira and Adalbertus Kamanzi -- Part Two Economic Empowerment, Gender Equality and Climate Change -- Chapter 6. Is Money a Magic Bullet for Empowerment? The Impact of Market-Oriented Dairying on the Socio-Economic Position of Women Farmers in Ethiopia by Birhanu Megersa -- Chapter 7: Education and Female Labour Market Participation in Uganda: Micro-evidence by Faisal Buyinaza and Hanifa Nakiroya -- Chapter 8: Gender Inequality and Climate Change Vulnerability: Evidence from the Choke Mountains, Ethiopia by Tefferi Ghebraye and Yalemzewd Molla -- Part Three Gender Differentiation in Various Aspects of Life: Sexuality, Reproductive Health, Education, Access to Technology, and Gender Ideologies -- Chapter 9: Gender Dilemmas: Challenges of Sex Socialisation of Adolescents in Akamba Families of Machakos District, Kenya by Felix N. Kioli -- Chapter 10: Female Genital Mutilation: An African Custom or a Human Rights Violation? by Karen Anne Hollely -- Chapter 11: Gender-Related Violence and the Susceptibility of Young People to HIV/AIDS in Central Malawi: Options for Public Health Policy Interventions by Amon Kabuli, M. Phiri and Grace Nthembi Thadzi -- Chapter 12. Gender Inequality in Household Labour: Implications for Demand for Maternal Healthcare in Uganda by Viola Nilah Nyakato.

"Since gender entered the development discourse in the Seventies, African countries have increasingly taken the concept on board in policy and practice. This concern may be due to either one or a combination of the following factors: the ideological positioning of African countries, demands by their donors and development partners, and demands by organised local groups and NGOs. Gender in the development discourse ought to transform power relations between men and women and shift them to social relations that reflect their equal access to productive resources, opportunities and social and material benefits. The result of such actions should be an achievement of comparable status of women and men. This volume, initiated by OSSREA, seeks to examine in more depth, issues regarding the gender-power imbalance in sub-Saharan African countries, with a specific focus on the eastern and southern African regions."--Back cover.