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Man Enough
by Zanele Guqaza |
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Gender & Neoliberalism
by Linn Hjort |
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Neoliberalism & the Struggle for Gender Equity
by Maria van Driel |
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10 Years of Democracy
by Duduzile Mabaso |
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Women, Neoliberalism & the Environment
by Ontibile Moalusi
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Women & Reproductive Rights
by Judy Merkel
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Right to Termination of Pregnancy
by Judy Merkel |
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Women Workers & HIV/AIDS
by Fazeela Fayers |
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Sexual Violence Against Women
by Desiree Takalo |
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Women & the Social Movements
by Modiehi Khuele |
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Children Born of War in Uganda
by Eunice Apio |
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Informal Sector Workers in Zambia |
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Women’s Charter |
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What Women Demand |
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REGULAR FEATURES |
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Barometer of Resistance in Southern Africa
Barometer of Resistance in South Africa
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THE JOURNAL
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In this Edition
While South Africa has just passed its ‘ten years of democracy’, arguably the most developed and wealthy country in the subregion, it still harbours huge levels of social inequality, unemployment, poverty, homelessness and violence against women and children. While
there is a legacy of apartheid
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Overview of the Winter School 2005
The seventh annual Khanya College Winter School took place from 4 - 8 July 2005 at the Booysens Hotel in Johannesburg, South Africa. The theme for Winter School 2005 was “Gender, Neoliberalism and Social Movements”…
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Changing Gender Relations
Patriarchy has not always been the norm governing human relationships. Historically, before the rise of patriarchy, it is believed that matriarchy - female dominance - existed. The
traditional family as we generally know it, has…
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Gender & the Family
Gender refers to the social relations between men and women in society. Gender relations are not natural or based on people’s physical anatomy, rather they are socially constructed and reflect the way a society is organised, its norms and values…
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Gender & Sexuality
I was very interested in the gender and sexuality workshop because I think that this is a very important subject that we do not discuss openly and frequently. I applaud everyone who spoke as it was a very frank discussion and I very much applaud the man who said he wanted women to ‘teach’ him.....
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A Man’s View of Gender
I believe that the patriarchal system as a social structure reduces the freedom of both men and women severely. It is a structure that divides society into constructed gender groups – men and women. However, differences between males and females …
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Gender Relations
For a long time it was believed that the different characteristics women and men exhibited were natural, unchangeable, and were determined by biological differences. These characteristics included both ideas and values of what was masculine and what was feminine and sets of behaviours, attitudes and practices….
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Man Enough
Experiencing the warmth that envelopes you as the women you work with welcome you into their community, their acceptance of your willingness to assist in their empowerment, that is the highlight of my career.” A statement by …
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Gender & Neoliberalism
Currently, there is an intense struggle taking place globally over resources, markets and political power. Strong nations, transnational corporations (TNCs) and international
financial institutions such as the Internationat…
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Neoliberalism & the Struggle for Gender Equity
Patriarchy or male dominance and the origins of women’s oppression preceded capitalism and colonialism. But we did not always have patriarchy, and within Africa we still have remnants of what were once matriarchal – female dominant - societies. This indicates that gender - the relations between men and women…
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Years of Democracy
Women in South Africa are the majority in almost everything that is negative. Women are the majority of the unemployed, the majority of the HIV/Aids infected and affected and the majority of the illiterate, amongst other things…
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Women, Neoliberalism & the Environment
Over the years it has become apparent that women have an important role to play in sustainable development. However, the field of environment and conservation still does
not mirror a satisfying proportion of women’s participati…
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Women & Reproductive Rights
Rights are values and principles such as freedom, equality, respect and dignity that guide communities and societies on how they should behave and treat each other. These are important because they protect people…
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Right to Termination of Pregnancy
The Abortion and Sterilisation Act of 1975 contained highly restrictive criteria that made abortion illegal or inaccessible to most South African women. Its provisions left the decision
about an abortion to medical practitioners, who …
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Women Workers & HIV/AIDS
Ironies are more easily noticed when one looks at the outside, yet it is on the inside that we will find the solutions to reverse our hypocrisy. As women let us not forget to reflect on the sacrifices we make for progress, which sometimes results in regression. The thoughts below will hopefully raise…
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Sexual Violence Against Women
South African law defines rape as an act of forceful sexual intercourse without consent. The underlined words are what the law refers to as the ‘elements’ of what constitutes a rape. These elements are what are used to legally validate or verify the authenticity of a rape case
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Women & the Social Movements
Despite the victories witnessed in the struggle for national liberation in South Africa for the past 11 years, the country remains one of the most unequal societies.
The struggle for national liberation was for equality, fraternity
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Children Born of War in Uganda
Uganda is experiencing an unusual phenomenon of children born out of conflict as a result of the rape of abducted minor girl children. This has raised issues of legality, rights and the integration of these children. A study was undertaken recently to look into this. This report is based on that study. Over the last 19 years a civil but baseless..… …
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Informal Sector Workers in Zambia
Zambia has set a precedent as the first African country to form a national alliance of informal sector workers. The alliance aims to strengthen the voice of workers in the informal economy, to unite and engage with policy makers at all levels …
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Women’s Charter
Preamble: We, the women of South Africa, wives and mothers, working women and housewives, African, Indians, European and Coloured, hereby declare our aim of striving for the removal of all laws, regulations, conventions and customs that discriminat…
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What Women Demand
Four months maternity leave on full pay for working mothers. Properly staffed and equipped maternity homes, ante-natal clinics, and child welfare centres in all towns and villages in the reserves and rural areas. Day nurseries for the …
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Barometer
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