Essays about: "role of men and women in south africa"

Found 2 essays containing the words role of men and women in south africa.

1. 1. Bridging Men’s and Women’s Gender Activism: An Analysis of the Male Involvement Discourse in the Gender, Antiviolence and HIV/AIDS Sector in South Africa

   University essay from

   Author : Agnes Dahné; [2008-10-15T07:32:26Z]
   Keywords : Male involvement; antiviolence; power relations; International development; gender; HIV AIDS activism; South Africa; cooperation;

   Abstract : Aim and research questions: In recent years rising attention has been drawn to boys, men and masculinities within the field of gender and sexual and reproductive health and rights. Given this partial shift from a previous strong focus on women, this thesis addresses the linkages between, on the one hand, male gender, antiviolence and HIV/AIDS activism, and on the other hand women’s collective action and possibilities to continue defining objectives in the struggles against gender inequality, HIV/AIDS and gender-based violence. READ MORE

3. 2. Women's Struggle in Finding Truth - A comparative study of the South African TRC and Rwandan Gacacas

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sanna Sjöblom; Johanna Olsson-Selerud; [2008]
   Keywords : Reconciliation; Truth Commissions ; Women; Rwandan gacacas ; South African TRCs ; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Peace and conflict research; polemology; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The role of women in post-conflict countries in Africa has always been less prioritised when working for reconciliation. Our aim in this thesis is to compare how the gacacas in Rwanda and TRC´s in South Africa treated the suffering of, and justice for women and what healing processes were put in place to help them. READ MORE