Essays about: "role of men and women in south africa"
Found 2 essays containing the words role of men and women in south africa.
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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 fromAbstract : 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
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2. Women's Struggle in Finding Truth - A comparative study of the South African TRC and Rwandan Gacacas
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : 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