Ruth Meena

Ruth Meena is a feminist activist and researcher. She is Professor Emeritus at the University of Dar es Salaam, where she served in the Department of Political Science for almost three decades. Currently, she is managing an Innovative Learning Centre. She has taught at the University of Florida (as a Fulbright fellow), Beloit College and been a visiting fellow at the University of Stanford as well as at the Chr. Michelson Institute in Norway.
Recent publications include

Gender in Southern Africa: Conceptual Issues (ed., SAPES publication).
“A Conversation with Bibi Titi: A Political Veteran”, in Mbilinyi et.al (2003): Activist Voices: Feminist Struggles for an Alternative World.
“Women in Tanzania”, in Walter and Tripp (2003): The Greenwood Encyclopaedia of Women’s Issues Worldwide.

Ruth has been part of the Tanzanian research team for the UNRISD project on Political and Social Economy of Care.