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[En]gendering the norms of customary inheritance in Botswana and South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
The article responds to the article by Weinberg in this issue. She traces the trajectory of court hearings concerning the contested inheritance of land in Botswana, which, after several prior judgements eventually resulted ...
A gendered analysis of Section 48(2)(d) of the Zimbabwean Constitution of 2013
(Oxford University Press, 2017)
The purpose of this article is to critically review the provision of section 48 (2) (d) of the Zimbabwean Constitution from a gendered perspective. Section 48 (2) (d) of the Constitution would seem to have abolished death ...
Negotiating power relations, gender equality, and collective agency: are village health committees transformative social spaces in northern India?
(BMC, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Participatory health initiatives ideally support progressive social change and stronger collective agency
for marginalized groups. However, this empowering potential is often limited by inequalities within ...
The importance of gender analysis in research for health systems strengthening
(Oxford University Press, 2017)
This editorial discusses a collection of papers examining gender across a range of health policy and
systems contexts, from access to services, governance, health financing, and human resources for
health. The papers ...
Fanon in drag: Decoloniality in sociolinguistics?
(Wiley, 2017)
In focus in this paper is the genre of drag, and the uses to which it is put by its proponents in subverting conventional and repressive (Western) models of gender, sexuality and race. We raise the question of to what ...
Race, gender and socio-economic status in law enforcement in South Africa – are there worrying signs?
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2013)
In the South African context the right to equality has particular significance given the country’s history of statutory unfair racial discrimination. This paper investigates, based on quantitative data, how different ...
Contestations of the meanings of love and gender in a university students' discussion
(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 ...
Agricultural investment, gender and land in Africa: Towards inclusive equitable and socially responsible investment
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2014)
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations; the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa; the Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC); ...
Women, priests and the Anglican Church in Southern Africa: reformation of holy hierarchies
(Scholars Commons @ Laurier, 2017)
The Anglican Church in Southern Africa (ACSA) is celebrating the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood in 2017. The quotation
above is a statement made by the South African Council of ...
Accessing bank finance in relation to human capital, gender and race among SMMEs in a developing economy
(IEEE, 2015)
Small, Micro and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMMEs) contribute to the national economy significantly. However, many SMMEs have difficulties in accessing bank finance due to the lower level of their human capital and scarce ...