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Do ICTs really empower rural women? Interrogation of a Zimbabwean community ICT project |
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This profile
focuses on the work of E-Knowledge for Women in Southern Africa (EKOWISA),
a Zimbabwean non-governmental organisation that encourages communities to use
Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) for livelihood development. The
paper interrogates the assumption that ICTs empower women, the meaning of
empowerment as well as the particular challenges to ICT access in rural areas
(Marcelle, 2000) based on EKOWISA's Community ICT project.
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Imagining Ourselves: Global Voices from a New Generation of Women |
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Harvard graduate student Paula Goldman stumbled across an idea one morning - to send an internet question out to the world: ‘What defines your generation of women?' The idea gathered pace. Out of some 3,000 responses, the international editorial team picked 105 submissions from women living in 57 countries, including some well-known activists, artists, athletes, writers, musicians, photographers and community organisers.
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Silences stifling transformation: Misogyny and gender-based violence in the media |
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Introduction
Feminist researchers and writers have long been concerned with the
role of the media in constructing or challenging current states of gender
relations. A number of recent, gendered South African media studies have been
applied to critique the low representation of women in all areas of the news
media. These studies have also critiqued the existence of blatant as well as
subtle gender stereotypes in the South African news media (Louw Morna, 2005).
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Black women, are you aware that you are concubines? The legal implications of SA Family Law |
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Introduction
South
Africa has a history of discrimination against the majority of its people. This
changed in 1994 when South Africa's Constitution became the supreme law of the
country. The Constitution aims to protect the rights, dignity and equality of
all citizens (Government of South Africa, 1996). Section 7 states:
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Fighting male supremacy in a church context |
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Introduction
This paper discusses the
experiences of eight non-ordained women in a parish of the Church of the
Province of Southern Africa (CPSA), situated in the Cape Town Diocese of South
Africa. The aim of this study is twofold: firstly, to discuss the ways in which
patriarchy affects the interviewed participants of the non-ordained ministry and,
secondly, to describe the journey of the Tamar/gender desk1,
which strives to gender-sensitise the church.
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