The Anc Women S League

Author : Shireen Hassim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 0821421565

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The ANC Women's League by Shireen Hassim Pdf

First formed in the early twentieth century, the ANC Women's League has grown into a leading organization in the women's movement in South Africa. The league has been at the forefront of the nation's century-long transition from an authoritarian state to a democracy that espouses gender equality as a core constitutional value. It has, indeed, always regarded itself as the women's movement, frequently asserting its primacy as a vanguard organization and as the only legitimate voice of the women of South Africa. But, as this deeply insightful book shows, the history of the league is a more complicated affair--it was neither the only women's organization in the political field nor an easy ally for South African feminism.

Author : Shireen Hassim
Publisher : Jacana Media
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781431408856

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The ANC Women’s League: Sex, Politics and Gender by Shireen Hassim Pdf

The Women’s League has played a large but little understood role in the history of the ANC. Over the years it has been headed by some powerful women including Albertina Sisulu and Winnie Mandela and has often gained public and media attention. But what role has it actually played in black political life and what influence has it had on national and gender politics in the country? This book provides a revealing insight into the connections between gender, sex and politics in the history of South Africa.

Author : African National Congress. Women's Section
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Democracy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070566786

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The ANC Women's League by African National Congress. Women's Section Pdf

Author : Shireen Hassim
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299213831

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Women's Organizations and Democracy in South Africa by Shireen Hassim Pdf

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 on the African continent. Shireen Hassim examines interactions between the two as she explores the gendered nature of liberation and regime change. Her work reveals how women’s political organizations both shaped and were shaped by the broader democratic movement. Alternately asserting their political independence and giving precedence to the democratic movement as a whole, women activists proved flexible and remarkably successful in influencing policy. At the same time, their feminism was profoundly shaped by the context of democratic and nationalist ideologies. In reading the last twenty-five years of South African history through a feminist framework, Hassim offers fresh insights into the interactions between civil society, political parties, and the state. Hassim boldly confronts sensitive issues such as the tensions between autonomy and political dependency in feminists’ engagement with the African National Congress (ANC) and other democratic movements, and black-white relations within women’s organizations. She offers a historically informed discussion of the challenges facing feminist activists during a time of nationalist struggle and democratization. Winner, Victoria Schuck Award for best book on women and politics, American Political Science Association “An exceptional study, based on extensive research. . . . Highly recommended.”—Choice “A rich history of women’s organizations in South African . . . . [Hassim] had observed at first hand, and often participated in, much of what she described. She had access to the informants and private archives that so enliven the narrative and enrich the analysis. She provides a finely balanced assessment.”—Gretchen Bauer, African Studies Review

Author : Shireen Hassim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2006-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114542512

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Women's Organizations and Democracy in South Africa by Shireen Hassim Pdf

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 on the African continent. Shireen Hassim examines interactions between the two as she explores the gendered nature of liberation and regime change. Her work reveals how women’s political organizations both shaped and were shaped by the broader democratic movement. Alternately asserting their political independence and giving precedence to the democratic movement as a whole, women activists proved flexible and remarkably successful in influencing policy. At the same time, their feminism was profoundly shaped by the context of democratic and nationalist ideologies. In reading the last twenty-five years of South African history through a feminist framework, Hassim offers fresh insights into the interactions between civil society, political parties, and the state. Hassim boldly confronts sensitive issues such as the tensions between autonomy and political dependency in feminists’ engagement with the African National Congress (ANC) and other democratic movements, and black-white relations within women’s organizations. She offers a historically informed discussion of the challenges facing feminist activists during a time of nationalist struggle and democratization. Winner, Victoria Schuck Award for best book on women and politics, American Political Science Association “An exceptional study, based on extensive research. . . . Highly recommended.”—Choice “A rich history of women’s organizations in South African . . . . [Hassim] had observed at first hand, and often participated in, much of what she described. She had access to the informants and private archives that so enliven the narrative and enrich the analysis. She provides a finely balanced assessment.”—Gretchen Bauer, African Studies Review

Author : Wanda A. Hendricks
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780252053573

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The Life of Madie Hall Xuma by Wanda A. Hendricks Pdf

Revered in South Africa as "An African American Mother of the Nation," Madie Beatrice Hall Xuma spent her extraordinary life immersed in global women's activism. Wanda A. Hendricks's biography follows Hall Xuma from her upbringing in the Jim Crow South to her leadership role in the African National Congress (ANC) and beyond. Hall Xuma was already known for her social welfare work when she married South African physician and ANC activist Alfred Bitini Xuma. Becoming president of the ANC Women’s League put Hall Xuma at the forefront of fighting racial discrimination as South Africa moved toward apartheid. Hendricks provides the long-overlooked context for the events that undergirded Hall Xuma’s life and work. As she shows, a confluence of history, ideas, and organizations both shaped Hall Xuma and centered her in the histories of Black women and women’s activism, and of South Africa and the United States.

Author : Cherryl Walker
Publisher : New Africa Books
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0864861702

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Women and Resistance in South Africa by Cherryl Walker Pdf

Author : Adriaan Basson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1776190025

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Blessed by Bosasa by Adriaan Basson Pdf

You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. Its easy to imagine that state capture began with Jacob Zuma and the Guptas. But youd be wrong. Born out of the ANC Womens League 20 years ago, Bosasa has come to be described as the ANCs Heart of Darkness. At its helm today is Gavin Watson, a struggle-rugby-player-turned-tenderpreneur who made it his business to splash out on gifts and cash to get up close and personal with the countrys top politicians and civil servants. In return, Bosasa won tenders to the tune of billions of rands and with friends in high places stayed clear of prosecution. Adriaan Basson has been investigating Bosasa since he was a rookie journalist 13 years ago. He has been sued, intimidated and threatened, but has stuck to the story like a bloodhound. Now, in the wake of the explosive findings of the Zondo commission, he has weaved the threads of Bosasas story together. Blessed by Bosasa is a riveting in-depth investigation into an extraordinary story of high-level corruption and rampant pillage, of backdoor dealings and grandiose greed. Through substantial research and a number of interviews with key individuals, Basson unveils the shady, cult-like underbelly of the criminal company that held the Zuma government in the palm of its hand.

Author : Binaifer Nowrojee
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1564321622

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Violence Against Women in South Africa by Binaifer Nowrojee Pdf

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Author : Gisela G. Geisler
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9171065156

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Women and the Remaking of Politics in Southern Africa by Gisela G. Geisler Pdf

This study looks at womens stuggle in Southern Africa where the last ten years have seen the most pervasive success stories on the African continent.Tracing the history of womens involvement in anti-colonial struggles and against apartheid, the book analyses post-colonial outcomes and examines the strategies employed by womens movements to gain a foothold in politics.

Author : Nomboniso Gasa
Publisher : HSRC Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : CD-ROMs
ISBN : 0796921741

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Women in South African History by Nomboniso Gasa Pdf

Accompanying CD-ROM contains the complete text of the printed volume.

Author : Amanda Gouws
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538160091

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Feminist Institutionalism in South Africa by Amanda Gouws Pdf

This book deals with feminist institutionalism through asking the key question: can gender equality be designed? It provides a critical analysis of the South African Commission for Gender Equality to assess its successes and failures over a more than 20-year period and provides insight into the design of structures of national gender machineries – how they are designed influences the outcomes for gender equality. The research in this collection sheds light on choices for institutional design of national gender machineries during democratic transitions, the co-optation of institutions, the silences and collusions of those selected to work in the institutions, and the resourcing of institutions and their impact on policy making for women's substantive equality. This book will have a broad appeal for scholars of feminist institutionalism.

Author : Frances Baard,Barbie Schreiner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UVA:X001312477

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My Spirit is Not Banned by Frances Baard,Barbie Schreiner Pdf

Author : Christopher Saunders,Peter Limb
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538130261

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Historical Dictionary of South Africa by Christopher Saunders,Peter Limb Pdf

As the most influential and powerful country on the entire continent of Africa, an understanding of South Africa’s past and its present trends is crucial in appreciating where South Africans are going to, and from where they have come. South Africa changed dramatically in 1994 when apartheid was dismantled, and it became a democratic state. Since 2000, when the previous edition appeared, further big changes occurred, with the rise of new political leaders and of a new black middle class. There were also serious problems in governance, in public health, and the economy, but with a remarkable popular resilience too. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of South Africa contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 600 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about South Africa.

Author : Thembela Kepe,Melissa Levin,Bettina von Lieres
Publisher : Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781775822042

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Domains of Freedom by Thembela Kepe,Melissa Levin,Bettina von Lieres Pdf

After more than 20 years of freedom in South Africa we have to ask ourselves difficult questions: are we willing to perpetuate a lie, search for facts or think wishfully? Freedom has been enabled by apartheid’s end, but at the same time some of apartheid’s key institutions and social relations are reproduced under the guise of ‘democracy’. This collection of essays acknowledges the enormous expectations placed on the shoulders of the South African revolution to produce an alternative political regime in response to apartheid and global neo-liberalism. It does not lament the inability of South Africa’s democracy to provide deeper freedoms, or suggest that since it hasn't this is some form of betrayal. Freedom is made possible and/or limited by local political choices, contemporary global conditions and the complexities of social change. This book explores the multiplicity of spaces within which the dynamics of social change unfold, and the complex ways in which power is produced and reproduced. In this way, it seeks to understand the often non-linear practices through which alternative possibilities emerge, the lengthy and often indirect ways in which new communities are imagined and new solidarities are built. In this sense, this book is not a collection of hope or despair. Nor is it a book that seeks to situate itself between these two poles. Instead it aims to read the present historically, critically and politically, and to offer insights into the ongoing, iterative and often messy struggles for freedom.