Gender and Livelihood Diversification: Maasai Women’s Market Activities in Northern Tanzania
比较了马赛女性在本地市场和宝石矿区的创收活动，揭示女性经济活动如何挑战和固化牧区性别体系，并受家庭地位影响，对农村妇女赋权发展项目有启示。
East African pastoralists are increasingly diversifying their livelihoods to bring cash into the household. While men dominate these activities, women's contributions to household economies through new market activities make them pivotal players in livelihood diversification. This article compares Maasai women's income-earning activities at local markets with their market activities at the gemstone mining area of Mererani. It shows that women's economic activities simultaneously challenge and reify a pastoral gender system and that this differs according to a woman's family and household status. In addition, it addresses the implications of these processes for rural development initiatives aimed at empowering women.