POST2 Gender Roles In Darfur

 Gender Roles in Darfur

Basic Summary: 

- In the region Sudan, Darfur, the gender roles are in a way are equal but at the same time they are not. For example, the male will poke holes into the soil with his stick and then trailing behind the women will be dropping seeds into the holes. But the men spun the cotton and chatted in the public places while women stayed home. Women have to cook, do chores for their family, and they brew beer for seasonal labor exchange parties. While the women did that, men also had task to do on the side such as hunting, building homes, felling trees and organizing annual rituals. 

Relation to Culture:

- There is a connection with this culture because in our society gender roles can be determined by amount of money a women will be paid compared to a guy. Women and men can do the same jobs but for some jobs the ratio of men in a job compared to women can be lower or higher. In Darfur women don't poke the holes in the soil, but it doesn't mean they can't do it. 

Facts About Darfur:

- Darfur is a region in Sudan, Africa, that had a population of approximately 6 million people prior to 2003

- People that live in Darfur are the largest ethnic group, with a population of about 744,000.

- They cultivate food for subsistence and to sell.

Work Cite: 

Adem, Teferi Abate. Culture Summary: Fur. Human Relations Area Files, 2021, https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=mq08-000. 

van der Meulen, Emma, and Frans-Paul van der Putten. “Darfur.” Great Powers and International Conflict Management: European and Chinese Involvement in the Darfur and Iran Crises, Clingendael Institute, 2009, pp. 9–22, http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep05468.5.

Vinograd, C. (2016, September 29). Sudan Crisis: Amnesty report cites evidence government used chemical weapons in Darfur. NBCNews.com. Retrieved October 5, 2021, from https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/sudan-crisis-amnesty-report-cites-evidence-government-used-chemical-weapons-n656121.