Abstract

VILLAR-TORIBIO, Cristina del; MACIAS, Javier Saavedra  and  CALDERON-GARCIA, Marina. Caring through the Lens of African Feminisms: A Systematic Review. Rev. Estud. Fem. [online]. 2022, vol.30, n.3, e77471.  Epub Sep 01, 2022. ISSN 1806-9584.  https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9584-2022v30n377471.

This study presents a systematic review of the research into care practices by African authors with a feminist perspective. The research question has been developed through the strategy known as PICo: participants, phenomenon of interest and context. In our case, these are women, feminism and care practices, and sub-Saharan Africa respectively. After the process of filtering 102 selected articles, twenty studies met the inclusion criteria. They were organized into three broad categories using thematic analysis: HIV epidemic; crisis of social reproduction, and Afro-communitarian care. The papers examined explore cultural practices and traditional gender roles as risk or protective factors for contracting HIV; the overload of care work that African women face with regard to the crisis of social reproduction; and the Afro-communitarian proposals in relation to care.

Keywords : Care; African Feminisms; Gender Studies; HIV; Afro-Communitarianism.

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