Organization of Angolan Women

The Organization of Angolan Women, established in 1962,[1] was originally founded to rally support for the new political party known as the MPLA.[2][3] Once Angola was officially independent of Portugal in 1975 following the Angolan War of Independence, the Organization of Angolan Women provided the best opportunity for female activism in local government. Total involvement faltered in the 1980s, citing that rural violence and regional destabilization disheartened many of the rural members. However, it was also during the 1980s that Angola passed the first anti-discrimination laws and established strict literacy laws to support uneducated women.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Smith, Bonnie G. (2008). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History. Oxford University Press. p. 54. ISBN 9780195148909.
  2. ↑ "Liberation in Southern Africa: The Organization of Angolan Women". African Activist Archive (Michigan State University). Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  3. ↑ Tétreault, Mary Ann (1994). Women and Revolution in Africa, Asia, and the New World. Univ of South Carolina Press. pp. 95, 97–100. ISBN 9781570030161.
  4. ↑ Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers' Party (Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola-Partido de Trabalho). Angola: Trabalho e luta. Paris: Réalisation (Edições DIP), 1985.
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