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- Title
The Dilemmas of Post-identity Organizing: Unmaking feminist Ties in Southern Rwanda.
- Authors
Ryan, Sarah
- Abstract
Since the 1994 genocide, local feminist organizations have sought to rebuild Rwanda and reconcile intergroup hostilities. Women-led non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have trained women for public office and helped them to win local elections. But as Rwanda has transitioned into the post-conflict phase of reconstruction, these groups have found it difficult to gain traction locally, nationally, and as players in the international development community. Field research with women's groups in the southern province revealed the power of homophily, or shared identity, as both an organizing force and an impediment to interorganizational collaboration with national elites and outsiders. This study suggests that we have not yet resolved the dilemmas of post-identity organizing in struggling communities.
- Subjects
GENOCIDE; WOMEN'S societies &; clubs; FEMINISM; NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations; WOMEN employees; INTERORGANIZATIONAL networks
- Publication
Women & Language, 2011, Vol 34, Issue 2, p61
- ISSN
8755-4550
- Publication type
Article