Power Relationship in Household: Impact of Women's Financial Position

This book focuses on the power relationship in the household when women earn more money than men. The book investigates selected cases of Congolese families living in Johannesburg and addresses the definitions of the concepts such as: households, power relations, fatherhood, masculinity, and gender equality. An analysis of the impact of women's financial position on power relations in the household is discussed. The perceptions and the attitudes of men and women are examined. The respondents were selected and interviewed to obtain data analysis. The presentation and discussion of findings are given, leading to the conclusion and recommendations. It is clear that measuring or analysing the impact of economic power in the household on women and men is not a simple task. The problem is that there are a variety of aspects such as culture, economic, political and environmental that continues to play a role in underestimating and / or determining women's position in the household. In the light of this discussion, the book analyse the impact of women's financial position in the household on power relationship and decision making.

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Mr Muyamba Mangu is currently pursuing a PhD degree in Law at the University of South Africa. He hold a Master Degree in Multi-disciplinary Human Rights at the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Previously, he served as National Coordinator at the Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC) in Kinshasa/DRC