Challenges and opportunities of Village Community Networks within the neoliberal context: a case study of women’s networks in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorMadaha, Rasel
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-30T09:03:06Z
dc.date.available2021-04-30T09:03:06Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractGiven the fact that neoliberalism continues to affect the way people view today’s world and it will continue to do so for sometimes, women and their networks need to make use of some of the opportunities presented by neoliberalism. In particular, the government of Tanzania has created an atmosphere to allow grassroots networks and NGOs to directly implement development interventions in Tanzania. The NGOs have implemented welfare interventions benefiting the entire communities as well as providing financial services to a limited number of people. As the role of welfare NGOs declines, there has been an unplanned surge of grassroots networks including VICOBA Women Networks following a government’s call for community’s ownership of the development process. Although VICOBA Networks are an unplanned change, they possess a potential which can be used to improve microfinance projects. Besides, the government of Tanzania has created a framework to recognize the role played by such networks in provision of social services to the public. This is a key opportunity that needs be utilized. Other key opportunities have been discussed in the article. The knowledge presented in this paper will benefit several fields including African studies, human geography, gender studies and community development both in the field and academia.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMadaha Rasel (2018). Challenges and opportunities of Village Community Networks within the neoliberal context: a case study of women’s networks in Africa, African Identities, Vol. 16 Issue 1, pp 50-66en_US
dc.identifier.issn1472-5843
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/3503
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAfrican Identitiesen_US
dc.subjectneoliberalismen_US
dc.subjectwomen empowermenten_US
dc.subjectrural developmenten_US
dc.subjectwomen networksen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.titleChallenges and opportunities of Village Community Networks within the neoliberal context: a case study of women’s networks in Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1080/14725843.2017.1332982en_US

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