Browsing Magister Artium - MA (Women and Gender Studies) by Title
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Lesbians and the right to equality: Perceptions of people in a local Western Cape community
(University of the Western Cape, 2001)When lesbians, as women divert from social norms and reject the compulsory heterosexual norm, they are either punished through legal systems for transgressing patriarchial structures or not recognised at all. As women, ... -
Media representations of male perpetrators of violence against women and children: a decolonial feminist analysis
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Rates of violence in South Africa continue to be on the rise, and impact negatively on society at large. The struggle to end this violence requires more nuanced understandings of its root causes, which has led to a call ... -
Migration and body politics: a study of migrant women workers in Bellville, Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)Migration has become very prominent in South Africa, and unlike most countries on the continent, it is an extremely prominent destinations for migrants. The country attracts migrants because there is a common perception ... -
‘n Evaluering van onderwysmetodes in musiekteoretiese vakke en gehoorontwikkeling
(University of the Western Cape, 1991)Praktiese ondervinding van die onderrig van Musiek op skoolvlak het getoon dat Musiekteoretiese vakke en Gehoorontwikkeling nie voldoende gestrukrureerd en gebaseer op wetenskaplik gefundeerde onderrigmetodes aangebied ... -
"Passing women": gender and hybridity in the fiction of three female South African authors
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)A key aim of this study is to shed light on the representation of coloured women with reference to racial passing, using fictive characters depicted in Sarah Gertrude Millin’s (1924) God's Stepchildren, Zoë Wicomb's (2006) ... -
Pathways to healing from intimate partner violence: Voices of young women in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Research shows that there is a process of surviving after being violated by an intimate partner. However, it does not adequately address the pathways to healing and recovery from intimate partner violence (IPV). A research ... -
Perceptions of empowerment: a study of muslim women living in the greater Cape Town Metropole
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)This thesis is a small scale in depth exploration into the perceptions of power held by eight Muslim women residing in the Cape Town Metropole area. Using a Qualitative Feminist approach the study aimed to explore and shed ... -
Perceptions of the veil among a group of Sudanese women: a qualitative study
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)The Islamic dress code has been forcibly imposed on the women in Sudan, since 1983, and many feminists researchers have criticized the practices of the veil as a tool to oppress women. This study aimed to explore a group ... -
The psychological effects of detention with particular reference to the South African political detainee
(University of the Western Cape, 1996)The intention of this dissertation is to clarify the psychological processes and effects which operate in the political detention situation, and to outline effective treatment and coping strategies. An overview of research ... -
Representations of gender,race and sexuality in selected English-medium South African magazines, 2003-2005
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)The aim of this study was to explore representations of gender, race and sexuality in a select group of South African magazines - Men's Health, FHM, Blink, True Love, Femina and Fair Lady - between 2003 and 2005. From a ... -
Storytelling sister circles as a form of community-based decolonial feminist psychological support in contemporary post-apartheid South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)This dissertation investigates the therapeutic potential of storytelling sister circles in Cape Town, South Africa, focusing on three groups of women from diverse communities. The study contends that these circles serve ... -
Un/becoming viole(t)nce: ecofeminist entanglements in the (un)making of pitbull/caregiver identities in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)Central to this study is the well-established ecofeminist thinking that race, gender, and species are deeply entangled and interconnected in the colonial logic. With this as a starting point, this thesis explores the ... -
"War in the home'' marriage and mediation among the Gurage in Ethiopia
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)Ethiopian ethnic groups exhibit highly autochthonous cultural norms and values that are embedded in their traditional beliefs, systems, and religions. This study shows how, at the grassroots level, the Gurage ethnic group ... -
Women and Law in Malawi: The experiences of women seeking child maintenance at Lilongwe Child Justice Court
(University of Western Cape, 2020)Malawi is endowed with a progressive, transformative and comprehensive legal and policy framework that guarantees the promotion and protection of human rights and justice for its citizenry, including women. The country ... -
Women's negotiation of alternative sexualities in the Western Cape: A Cape Town case study
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)This mini thesis is an exploratory study of the lived experiences of bisexual and lesbian women in the Western Cape with regard to how they claim agency and negotiate their individual sexualities. Using mixed methodologies ...