The Infona portal uses cookies, i.e. strings of text saved by a browser on the user's device. The portal can access those files and use them to remember the user's data, such as their chosen settings (screen view, interface language, etc.), or their login data. By using the Infona portal the user accepts automatic saving and using this information for portal operation purposes. More information on the subject can be found in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. By closing this window the user confirms that they have read the information on cookie usage, and they accept the privacy policy and the way cookies are used by the portal. You can change the cookie settings in your browser.
This article demonstrates how female students in rural Uganda experience education sponsorship in ways that belie international development discourse about girls’ empowerment. Since the 1990s, international development organizations have promoted community‐based programming alongside efforts to empower individual subjects. I examine the intersection of these trends through the lens of an American...
This article examines the relationship between “sugar daddyism” and emerging forms of female sociality among young, educated women in urban Uganda. In particular, I demonstrate how the practice of “housing”—wherein one man sponsors an outing for multiple women—fosters new spaces for female friendship. Scholars of African social relations have long noted the centrality of material exchange in establishing...
Set the date range to filter the displayed results. You can set a starting date, ending date or both. You can enter the dates manually or choose them from the calendar.