The transition to democracy in South Africa was one of the defining events in twentieth-
century political history. The South African women's movement is one of the most celebrated …

AIDS, Sex, and Culture is a revealing examination of the impact the AIDS epidemic in Africa
has had on women, based on the author's own extensive ethnographic research. based on …

South African women's success in moving from active participation in the liberation struggle
to active participation in government has been exceptional on a world scale. Their …

African women's history is a vast topic that embraces a wide variety of societies in over 50
countries with different geographies, social customs, religions, and historical situations …

If our democracy acknowledges and promotes human rights, there is no way to sideline
women's rights. Through the powerful voices of South African women, this book captures the …

We know that migration systems link the women who migrate and the households and
organizations that employ domestic and care workers, but how do these migration systems …

The institutionalisation of gender could shape women's issues outside government and
create a new kind of woman, the 'femocrat', inside government. Signs of this at provincial …

This paper argues that pre-transition mobilization by South African women fostered post
transition success in constitutional mandates, party politics, and office holding. Informed by …

CHERYL MCEWAN argues that there is an urgent need for a critical examination of the
nature of citizenship in post-apartheid South Africa particularly in terms of black women's …

Using her experience of living under apartheid and witnessing its downfall and the
subsequent creation of new governments in South Africa, the author examines and …