Divorced women who engage in micro-entrepreneurship in Sudan : out of the frying pan and into the fire?

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dc.contributor.authorAli, Nada Mohamed
dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Graduate Studies, Laurentian University
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-22T15:19:03Z
dc.date.available2013-04-22T15:19:03Z
dc.date.copyright2010
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThis research is taken from the perspectives of women who were internal migrants, displaced mainly by the war in Darfur as well as drought. Their divorce and taking up street vending for survival can be traced to global economic restructuring measures taken in Sudan. The analysis was based on open-ended, semistructured in-depth interviews with fifteen divorced Sudanese women street vendors. Their perceptions of the divorce process and their experience of entrepreneurship were central to revealing the mediated social relations that shaped their street vending work and their mothering. In particular, patriarchal and capitalist relations were found to be responsible for maintaining women at a survivalist level of entrepreneurship despite their use of business practices. Their use of a traditional funding source consisting of money pooled by neighbourhood women for discretionary spending could be seen as a basis for a micro-credit scheme for their business. The divorced women street vendors indicated their willingness to consider economic and social supports for their street vending businesses but these supports would need to address the intense competition with each other to which street vending exposes them. Under the circumstances in which they worked, their mere survival was an accomplishment. Seen in this light, the possible intervention of NGOs was evaluated through a critical review of the literature.en
dc.description.degreeMaster's degree
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dc.format.extent1 digital file (110 p.)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/50980
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol2/002/MR65826.PDF
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSchool of Graduate Studies, Laurentian Universityen
dc.subjectSUDANen
dc.subjectWOMEN MIGRANTSen
dc.subjectWOMEN MIGRANT WORKERSen
dc.subjectDEREGULATIONen
dc.subjectDIVORCEen
dc.subjectSTREET VENDORSen
dc.subjectPATRIARCHYen
dc.subjectMICROCREDITen
dc.subjectCOLLECTIVE ECONOMYen
dc.subjectNON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSen
dc.subjectSMALL ENTERPRISESen
dc.subjectENTREPRENEURSHIPen
dc.subjectWOMENen
dc.subjectLIVELIHOODSen
dc.subjectWOMEN AND POVERTYen
dc.subjectCAPITALISMen
dc.subjectWOMEN'S PARTICIPATIONen
dc.subjectETHNICITYen
dc.subjectWOMEN'S RIGHTSen
dc.titleDivorced women who engage in micro-entrepreneurship in Sudan : out of the frying pan and into the fire?en
dc.typeThesisen
idrc.copyright.holderNada Ali
idrc.dspace.accessIDRC Onlyen
idrc.project.componentnumber103090015
idrc.project.number105088
idrc.project.number103090
idrc.project.titleUniversity-Civil Society Partnerships: 2005-2007en
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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