Browsing by Author "Ngabaza, Sisa"
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'And I have been told that there is nothing fun about having sex while you are still in high school': Dominant discourses on women's sexual practices and desires in Life Orientation programmes at school
Shefer, Tamara; Ngabaza, Sisa (University of the Free State, 2015)Young women's sexuality is a contested terrain in multiple ways in contemporary South Africa. A growing body of work in the context of HIV and gender-based violence illustrates how young women find it challenging to ... -
Contestations of the meanings of love and gender in a university students' discussion
Ngabaza, Sisa; Daniels, Dominic; Franck, Olivia; Maluleke, Rhulani (UNISA PressRoutledge, 2013)Love is a fluid and complex concept that is difficult to define comprehensively. Its expressions, however, show that love is not only gendered but also influenced by one's social and economic positioning. Family ... -
Empowering young people in advocacy for transformation: A photovoice exploration of safe and unsafe spaces on a university campus
Ngabaza, Sisa; Bojarczuk, Erika; Masuku, Michelle Paidamwoyo; Roelfse, Rudolf (UNISA, 2015)Globally and locally, research conducted with young people about safety on university campuses focuses primarily on risk and danger, particularly sexual danger. In this body of scholarship, the voices of young people are ... -
“Girls need to behave like girls you know”: the complexities of applying a gender justice goal within sexuality education in South African schools
Ngabaza, Sisa; Shefer, Tamara; Catriona, Ida Macleod (Taylor & Francis, 2016)Sexuality education, as a component within the Life Orientation (LO) programme in South African schools, is intended to provide young people with knowledge and skills to make informed choices about their sexuality, their ... -
Parents resist sexuality education through digital activism
Ngabaza, Sisa (SAGE Publications, 2022)South Africa has high rates of HIV infection among its young population, high rates of unintended pregnancy among the youth, and extremely high rates of gender-based violence. Given all this, it is essential that young people ... -
Participating unequally: Student experiences at UWC
Clowes, Lindsay; Shefer, Tamara; Ngabaza, Sisa (UNISA Press, 2017)This paper uses Nancy Fraser’s concept of participatory parity to reflect on data gathered by and from third year students in a final year research module in the Women’s and Gender Studies Department at the University of ... -
Policy commitments vs. lived realities of young pregnant women and mothers in school, Western Cape, South Africa
Ngabaza, Sisa; Shefer, Tamara (Elsevier, 2013)Reproductive rights in South Africa continue to be undermined for young women who fall pregnant and become mothers while still at school. Before 1994, exclusionary practices were common and the majority of those who fell ... -
Student accounts of space and safety at a South African university: implications for social identities and diversity
Shefer, Tamara; Strebel, Anna; Ngabaza, Sisa; Clowes, Lindsay (SAGE Publications, 2018)Transformation efforts in South African higher education have been under increased scrutiny in recent years, especially following the last years of student activism and calls for decolonization of universities. This article ... -
Students’ narratives on gender and sexuality in the project of social justice and belonging in higher education
Ngabaza, Sisa; Shefer, Tamara; Clowes, Lindsay (South African Journal of Higher Education, 2018)Student protests in South Africa flag the well-documented lack of progress in transforming universities which mirror deeply entrenched inequalities. The imperative to challenge a system of higher education that continues ... -
Students’ narratives on gender and sexuality in the project of social justice and belonging in higher education
Ngabaza, Sisa; Shefer, Tamara; Clowes, Lindsay (Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service, 2018)Student protests in South Africa over the last few years have re-energized the project of social justice in higher education. While emphasis has been on decolonizing the curriculum and the university spaces, there has also ... -
“We don't really see a problem in music because that s**t makes you want to dance”: Reflections on possibilities and challenges of teaching gender through hip-hop
Hussen, Tigist Shewarega; Ngabaza, Sisa (Taylor and Francis, 2018)Hip-hop culture has been criticised as sexist and misogynist. It is also condemned for being exploitative of black women’s identity and for perpetuating gendered and sexualised assumptions about female musicians. This ...