撒哈拉以南非洲国家的性别平等进程与启示

Gender Equality Processes and Implications in Sub-Saharan Africa

女性主义“社会再生产理论”(Social ReproductionTheory)深刻揭示了现代化进程中,不同国家所面临的“国家一市场一家庭一性别”困境和应对方案。中文学术界目前已有研究大多聚焦于东亚、欧美、北欧地区的“国家一性别”关系,而对全球南方一一特别是撒哈拉以南非洲地区的一一性别平等进程还缺乏深入的了解和分析。作者近年来在指导非洲研究生完成其毕业论文的过程中,接触了一些来自撒哈拉以南地区非洲国家的鲜活案例,对了解既往被遮蔽的南部国家的发展历程与经验,具有一定的启发和借鉴作用。

The process of modernization has posed new challenges and propositions to the“state-marketfamily-gender”relationship around the world,and African countries in sub-Saharan Africa are facing a more urgent“production-reproduction”crisis due to their complex political,economic and social backgrounds.The attempts and explorations of African countries on the path to gender equality have revealed to us that women empowerment is a multidimensional and complex issue.The opening up of the public sphere has not solved the family pressures faced by women,and the one-dimensional public-interest childcare system has not really changed women's socioeconomic status.Gender equality,without a male perspective,may create new dilemmas for male and intimate relationship crises.The path of gender equality and women's liberation in developing countries needs to be promoted and developed with mutual reference and inspiration.