| | This Briefing emphasises the necessity of formulating a social science for women, but not be confused with support for the ideological notion of a 'segrated' social science exclusively for women; a critical review of studies on Sudanese women, assessing their current status, underlying assumptions, theoretical bases and methodological orientations - making suggestions for research within a specific theoretical framework: the family, female circumcision, women and the economy and the position of Sudanese women in history and under the current regime. |