Mothers and their babies at a clinic in Johannesburg. South Africa leads the Global South with its expansive social protection programme. ReutersThis article is a foundation essay. These are longer than usual and take a wider look at a key issue affecting society. The question of gender equality in social welfare policies is a topic that remains under-developed in social … [Read more...] about Lessons from South Africa on why gender matters in social welfare policies | The Conversation
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Uprooting patriarchy: gender and urban agriculture on South Africa’s Cape Flats | The Conversation
Women make up the majority of an estimated 6000 urban farmers in Cape Town. Green RenaissanceMuch of the talk around urban agriculture in Africa deals with poverty, hunger and accessing food. And rightly so, as 40% of Africa’s urban residents practice some agricultural activity. These activities include producing eggs, fruit or milk, but the majority farm vegetables. In … [Read more...] about Uprooting patriarchy: gender and urban agriculture on South Africa’s Cape Flats | The Conversation
Linguistics MLK Colloquium: Substrate fidelity and substrate erasure in varieties of Black South African English – a sociophonetic study in relation to race, class, gender and other things
Linguistics MLK Colloquium: Substrate fidelity and substrate erasure in varieties of Black South African English – a sociophonetic study in relation to race, class, gender and other things A South Africa Event on 2016-01-22 16:00:00 New economic and educational opportunities in post-apartheid South African society have seen the rapid growth of a Black middle-class, part … [Read more...] about Linguistics MLK Colloquium: Substrate fidelity and substrate erasure in varieties of Black South African English – a sociophonetic study in relation to race, class, gender and other things
Gender inequality under the spotlight at Equality Seminar |MyPE
Although South Africa ranks fourth in the world for women empowerment and eighth for female representation in Parliament, the country still has a long way to go to effectively deal with gender inequality. Dr Nondumiso Maphazi, Commissioner for the Commission of Gender Equality, said the inequality between males and females is especially evident on a […] MyPE Read … [Read more...] about Gender inequality under the spotlight at Equality Seminar |MyPE
