Women support Jacob Zuma outside court during his 2006 rape trial. Women are often complicit in sustaining patriarchy. Reuters/Siphiwe SibekoIn recent months two highly controversial political leaders, Donald Trump and Jacob Zuma, have received harsh, intense global media coverage. Trump, a white man, is the Republican presumptive nominee in the US presidential race as “leader … [Read more...] about Trump and Zuma: worlds apart but bound by patriarchy and sexism | The Conversation
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South Africa: student movement splinters as patriarchy muscles out diversity | The Conversation
An altercation between protesters broke out at Wits University with men attacking women. Candice Wagener McGuire / Wits VuvuzelaIt was a shocking series of images: a young woman – Thenjiwe Mswane – being violently handled by a group of young men. Mswane was part of a largely feminist and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersexed, queer and asexual (LGBTIQA+) student … [Read more...] about South Africa: student movement splinters as patriarchy muscles out diversity | The Conversation
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
