Abstract
Drawing upon my research on Israeli development aid programs for women in the Global South, the book chapter focused on an Israeli social work school founded for women in Kenya in the early 1960s. It drew upon archival material from Israeli aid workers and politicians, United Nations advisors, and British officials who remained in Kenya after the country’s independence. The article focused on key themes in Israeli-African relations that scholars have yet to fully explore. These include the importance of African domestic affairs for the evolution of Israeli development aid, the tensions that sometimes characterised relations between Israeli government officials and aid workers, and the discrepancy between the image of Israeli women’s empowerment promoted by Israel’s Foreign Ministry and the experiences of Israeli women working in Africa as technical experts.
| Translated title of the contribution | Israeli aid and African Women: The gendered politics of international development |
|---|---|
| Original language | Hebrew (modern) |
| Title of host publication | לבטים פוסקולוניאליים |
| Subtitle of host publication | עיונים בתולדות יחסי ישראל ומדינות אפריקה |
| Editors | Lynn Schler, Itamar Dubinsky |
| Place of Publication | Haifa Israel |
| Publisher | Pardes Press |
| Pages | 153-181 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789655411942 |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Keywords
- Israel, Africa, gender development
