Women’s disadvantaged position in the labour market can be explained by conflicts between their roles in exercising an economic activity and in assuming their domestic activities. Husbands’ insufficient or inexistent income has increased women’s role in household survival strategies, but...

The urban African societies are in the process of transformation: the education of women is progressing, the labor market is transforming, in particular the number of wage earners is decreasing, the age of marriage is postponed, and women participate more and more in economic life. Despite the...

Les sociétés africaines urbaines sont en pleine mutation : la scolarisation des femmes progresse, le marché du travail se transforme en particulier le salariat régresse, l'âge au mariage recule, les femmes participent de plus en plus à la vie économique. Bien que le mariage soit plus...

In Dakar, there exists an antagonism for a woman between working (performing an activity outside of the home) and “working well” (working for the future of her children in correctly taking care of her husband and family-in-law). Even so, more and more women are now encouraged to manage these...

À Dakar, il existe un antagonisme pour les femmes entre travailler (exercer une activité à l'extérieur de la maison) et « bien travailler » (œuvrer pour l’avenir radieux de ses enfants en s’occupant correctement du mari et de sa belle-famille). Pourtant de plus en plus de femmes sont...

(english) Women’s disadvantaged position in the labour market can be explained by conflicts between their roles in exercising an economic activity and in assuming their domestic activities. Husbands’ insufficient or inexistent income has increased women’s role in household survival...

(english) The urban African societies are in the process of transformation: the education of women is progressing, the labor market is transforming, in particular the number of wage earners is decreasing, the age of marriage is postponed, and women participate more and more in economic life....

(english) In Dakar, there exists an antagonism for a woman between working (performing an activity outside of the home) and “working well” (working for the future of her children in correctly taking care of her husband and family-in-law). Even so, more and more women are now encouraged to...