THE IMPACT OF WOMEN EMANCIPATION ON THE FAMILY IN UGANDA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ........................................................................................... i

APPROVAL .................................................................................................. ii

DEDICATION················ .. ······ .................................................................... Iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................... iv

CHAPTER ONE ...................................................................................... 1

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY ............................ 1

1.0 Introduction .......................................................................................... I

1.1 Background to the study ...................................................................... 1

1.1.1 Definition and origin .......................................................................... 1

1. l.2Women emancipation on the Inte:::-·,ational Scene ................................ 2

1.1.3 Women emancipation in Uganda after Independence ........................ ,

1.1.4 Women emancipation in Uganda after 1986 .... : .................................. 5

1.1.5 The efforts of Women groups .............................................................. 7

1.1.6 Women oppression in the Family ....................................................... 8

1.2 Statement of the Problem................................................................ . . q

1.3 Scope and Purpose Of The Study ....................................................... 9

1.3.1 Scope ................................................................................................. 9

1.3.2 Purpose ........................................................................................... 10

1. 4 Review of Related Literature ................................................................ 10

1. 5 Hypothesis.................................................................................... . . . . t .1.

1.6 Methodology ....................................................................................... 12

1.6.1 Description of Subjects .................................................................... 12

1.6.2 Procedures ....................................................................................... I • .J

1. 7 Research Design and Instruments ...................................................... 13

1.7.1 Research Design .............................................................................. 13

1.7.2 Instruments ..................................................................................... 13

1.8 Significance of the Study..................................................... .. ... .. . .. . 13

1. 10 Problems Faced in Executing the Study ............................................ 14

1.10.1 Inner problem: ............................................................................... 14

1.10.2 Outer problem: .............................................................................. 14

1.11 Summary of Chapters ....................................................................... 14

CHAPTER TWO ................................................................................... 15

CHANGING ROLES AND PERCEPTIONS OF WOMEN IN THE FAMILY ... 15

2.0 Introduction ........................................................................................ 15

2.1 Roles and Perceptions in the Traditional Family ................ °' • ,. .... , 1 -~

2.1.1 Roles: ............................................................................................... I 5

2.1.2 Traditional society's Perception of women ...................................... 18

2.2 Roles and Perceptions of woman in _he Modern Family ....................... 20

2.3 Modern Perceptions ............................................................................ 22

2.4 Factors responsible for the changing roles and perceptions of 11·omu1 111

the modern family ..................................................................................... 24

2.4.1 Political Factors .............................................................................. 24

2.4.2 Social Factors .................................................................................. 26

2.4.3 Economic Factors ........................................................................... 29

2.5 Conclusion .......................................................................................... 30

CHAPTER THREE ............................. ; ................................................. 31

PHILOSOPHICAL AND LEGAL ANALYSIS OF EMANCIPATION .............. 31

3.0 Introduction ........................................................................................ 31

3.1 Philosophical Analysis ........................................................................ 31

3.1.1 Hegel. ............................................................................................... 31

3.1.1.1 Phenomenology of Consciousness ................................................. 31

3.1. l.2The Dialectic .................................................................................. 32

3.2.1 Karl Marx ...................................................................................... 34

3.2.1.1 Historical materialism ................................................................... 34

3.2.1.2 Alienation ..................................................................................... 36

3.2.1.3 Marxian Social Critical Theory............................ ..... ~~

3.3.1 Karl Popper ....................................................................................... 38

3.3.1.1 Popper's Theory of Knowledge ...................................................... 38

3.4.1 JCirgen Habermas ........................................................................... 39

3.4.1.l Philosophical Foundations of Habermas' Critical Theory ................ 39

3.4.1.2 Herbamas' Philosophy of Emancipation ........................................ -HJ

3.5 Charles Valentine ............................................................................... 42

3.5.1 Charles Valentine ............................................................................. 42

3.6 Culture as perpetuating false consc":iusness ....................................... 44

3. 7 Culture as Dynamic................................................... . I,:

3.8 Women Emancipation as Growth of Knowledge ................................... 47

3.8.1 Can we talk of Emancipation of Women in Uganda? ........................ 47

3.8.2 Growth of Knowledge And Women Emancipation ............................. 4 7

3.8 Legal Analysis of Emancipation ........................................................... SU

3.9 Conclusion and Recommendations ..................................................... 54

CHAPTER FOUR ................................................................................. 55

THE IMPACT OF WOMEN EMANCIPA':'ION OF THE FAMILY ................ 55

4.0 Introduction ........................................................................................ 55

4.1 Women emancipation in Kampala District .......................................... 55

4.2 Equality in the Family ......................................................................... 57

4.3 The impact of Women emancipatior1 1n the family in Kampala ............ 58

4.4 The positive In1pact .......................................................................... :SCJ

4.5 The Negative Impact....................... . .................................................. 62

4.5 Conclusion .......................................................................................... 65

CHAPTER FIVE ................................................................................... 66

RECOMMENDATIONS AND GENERAL .:::ONCLUSION ............................ 66

5.0 Introduction ........................................................................................ 66

5.1 The problem of Values in the Famil:· ................................................... 66

5.2 Recommendations ............................................................................... 72

5.3 Conclusion to the Study................................................................. . . 78

BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................... 81