Feminist Institutionalism In South Africa
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Feminist Institutionalism In South Africa
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Author : Amanda Gouws
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-10-17
Feminist Institutionalism In South Africa written by Amanda Gouws and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-17 with Political Science categories.
This book deals with feminist institutionalism through asking the key question: can gender equality be designed? It provides a critical analysis of the South African Commission for Gender Equality to assess its successes and failures over a more than 20-year period and provides insight into the design of structures of national gender machineries – how they are designed influences the outcomes for gender equality. The research in this collection sheds light on choices for institutional design of national gender machineries during democratic transitions, the co-optation of institutions, the silences and collusions of those selected to work in the institutions, and the resourcing of institutions and their impact on policy making for women's substantive equality. This book will have a broad appeal for scholars of feminist institutionalism.
Gendered Institutions And Women S Political Representation In Africa
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Author : Diana Højlund Madsen
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-12-24
Gendered Institutions And Women S Political Representation In Africa written by Diana Højlund Madsen and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-24 with Political Science categories.
During the course of the past three decades efforts of democratisation and institutional reforms have characterised the African continent, including demands for gender equality and women's political representation. As a result, some countries have introduced affirmative action measures, either in the aftermath of conflicts or as part of broader constitutional reforms, whereas others are falling behind this fast track to women's political representation. Utilising a range of case studies spanning both the success cases and the less successful cases from different regions, this work examines the uneven developments on the continent. By mapping, analysing and comparing women's political representation in different African contexts, this book sheds light on the formal and informal institutions and the interplay between these that are influencing women's political representation and can explain the development on women's political representation across the continent and present perspectives on an 'African feminist institutionalism'.
Un Thinking Citizenship
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Author : Amanda Gouws
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-03-02
Un Thinking Citizenship written by Amanda Gouws and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-02 with Social Science categories.
The study of citizenship in the context of South Africa implicitly challenges the rights-based democracy in South Africa, while literature regarding women and citizenship has greatly contributed to a new understanding of citizenship. Locally, many global processes are reproduced in the discourse of rights-claiming, issues of institutional representation, bodily integrity in the face of violence, and care in the face of a lack of care. This volume takes the debate of citizenship in South Africa in a more theoretical and empirical direction while engaging with knowledge produced elsewhere in the world. As part of the Gender in a Local/Global World series, it investigates the making of gendered citizenship, institutionalization of gender politics, the state of gendered policy making, local citizenship, rights, the women's movement, gendered violence, as well as citizenship and the body.
Gender Politics And Institutions
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Author : M. Krook
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2010-12-07
Gender Politics And Institutions written by M. Krook and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-07 with Political Science categories.
Political institutions profoundly shape political life and are also gendered. This groundbreaking collection synthesises new institutionalism and gendered analysis using a new approach - feminist institutionalism - in order to answer crucial questions about power inequalities, mechanisms of continuity, and the gendered limits of change.
Gender In Southern Africa
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Author : Ruth E. Meena
language : en
Publisher: Sapes Books
Release Date : 1992
Gender In Southern Africa written by Ruth E. Meena and has been published by Sapes Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Social Science categories.
This book is a result of concerns and views expressed by participants at a Gender Planning Workshop which was organised by the SAPES Gender Project in July 1991. The contributions in this collection are essentially posing issues and questions which have not been handled by mainstream scholarship. The authors are challenging women and men to liberate mainstream scholarship from its male biases which limit our understanding of socio-economic and political processes which have contributed to the underdevelopment of this region.
Gender Activism
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Author : Greg Ruiters
language : en
Publisher: Rhodes University
Release Date : 2008
Gender Activism written by Greg Ruiters and has been published by Rhodes University this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Feminism categories.
Comparing And Contrasting Caribbean African American And Black South African Feminist Strategies
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Author : Dexx Rose
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2017-03-07
Comparing And Contrasting Caribbean African American And Black South African Feminist Strategies written by Dexx Rose and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-07 with Social Science categories.
Essay from the year 2015 in the subject Women Studies / Gender Studies, grade: A, University of the West Indies (institute of Gender and Development Studies), course: Political Activism, language: English, abstract: This piece compares and contrasts Caribbean feminist strategies (past and present) to those employed by African American and black South African Women in their respective movements from a historical context. For the last two decades women have organized movements against violent institutions that oppress them. They created simple strategies and bonds that brought them together through their shared and lived experiences and have come to challenge political, cultural and historical policies that oppress women. With the rise of different feminist branches worldwide such as; Caribbean feminism, African American feminism and Black South African feminism, women began to rely on each other for support and strength to challenge the institutional notion of patriarchy that they were subjected to. Black feminism exploded in the 1960s in response to gendered issues and racism that stemmed from the civil rights movement. “Problematising race and exposing how racist practices complicate all other social relations of power is a central organising principle of black feminist theorising” (Barriteau, 2003). While these three branches of feminism developed in different time periods and differ in theory and objectives, the strategies used and implemented by women in these movements are quite similar.
Women S Organizations And Democracy In South Africa
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Author : Shireen Hassim
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 2006-06-26
Women S Organizations And Democracy In South Africa written by Shireen Hassim and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-26 with History categories.
The transition to democracy in South Africa was one of the defining events in twentieth-century political history. The South African women’s movement is one of the most celebrated on the African continent. Shireen Hassim examines interactions between the two as she explores the gendered nature of liberation and regime change. Her work reveals how women’s political organizations both shaped and were shaped by the broader democratic movement. Alternately asserting their political independence and giving precedence to the democratic movement as a whole, women activists proved flexible and remarkably successful in influencing policy. At the same time, their feminism was profoundly shaped by the context of democratic and nationalist ideologies. In reading the last twenty-five years of South African history through a feminist framework, Hassim offers fresh insights into the interactions between civil society, political parties, and the state. Hassim boldly confronts sensitive issues such as the tensions between autonomy and political dependency in feminists’ engagement with the African National Congress (ANC) and other democratic movements, and black-white relations within women’s organizations. She offers a historically informed discussion of the challenges facing feminist activists during a time of nationalist struggle and democratization. Winner, Victoria Schuck Award for best book on women and politics, American Political Science Association “An exceptional study, based on extensive research. . . . Highly recommended.”—Choice “A rich history of women’s organizations in South African . . . . [Hassim] had observed at first hand, and often participated in, much of what she described. She had access to the informants and private archives that so enliven the narrative and enrich the analysis. She provides a finely balanced assessment.”—Gretchen Bauer, African Studies Review
Ringing Up The Changes
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Author : Colleen Lowe Morna
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Ringing Up The Changes written by Colleen Lowe Morna and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Political Science categories.
African Feminism
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Author : Gwendolyn Mikell
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2010-08-03
African Feminism written by Gwendolyn Mikell and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-03 with Social Science categories.
African feminism, this landmark volume demonstrates, differs radically from the Western forms of feminism with which we have become familiar since the 1960s. African feminists are not, by and large, concerned with issues such as female control over reproduction or variation and choice within human sexuality, nor with debates about essentialism, the female body, or the discourse of patriarchy. The feminism that is slowly emerging in Africa is distinctly heterosexual, pronatal, and concerned with "bread, butter, and power" issues. Contributors present case studies of ten African states, demonstrating that—as they fight for access to land, for the right to own property, for control of food distribution, for living wages and safe working conditions, for health care, and for election reform—African women are creating a powerful and specifically African feminism.