Young Women and Feminised Work

Complicating Narratives of Empowerment through Entrepreneurship with the Stories of Coffeehouse Owners in Wukro, Ethiopia

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
30 September 2020
Country:
Ethiopia
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Water and Sanitation
Authors:
Johnson, Z

Abstract

Using life herstory methods grounded in feminist methodologies, this article tells the stories of young women coffeehouse owners in Wukro, Ethiopia, revealing some of the often-overlooked sociocultural issues facing young women entrepreneurs in development contexts.

This work is part of the ‘REACH Improving Water Security for the Poor’ programme

Citation

Johnson, Zoë. 2020. ‘Young Women and Feminised Work: Complicating Narratives of Empowerment through Entrepreneurship with the Stories of Coffeehouse Owners in Wukro, Ethiopia.’ Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 21 (1): 64–88, http://dx.doi. org/10.13060/gav.2020.004.

Young Women and Feminised Work: Complicating Narratives of Empowerment through Entrepreneurship with the Stories of Coffeehouse Owners in Wukro, Ethiopia

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