Browsing Magister Artium - MA (Anthropology/Sociology) by Author "Gibson, Diana"
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Commissioned women soldiers and politics in Zimbabwe
Ziyambi, Gabriel (University of the Western Cape, 2020)The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) and the ruling party, the Zimbabwe African Union Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), are strongly interlinked in politics since independence, that is, the Army largely functions as the military wing ... -
Coping with violence: institutional and student responses at the University of the Western Cape
Sass, Bridgett Virginia (University of the Western Cape, 2005)This thesis is based on research conducted at the University of the Western Cape, a previously ‘coloured’ university with its beginnings rooted in the political tensions in South Africa. The university is geographically ... -
Cultural and Social Factors Impacting on the Programme to Prevent-Mother-To-Child-Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in Namibia: a Case Study of the Kavango Region
Shirungu, Michael M.J. (University of the Western Cape, 2010)This study focuses on socio-cultural issues, which affect Kavango women's decision to participate in the PMTCT programme. It investigates the treatment methods used by HIV-positive pregnant women for themselves and their ... -
Die stam van die gemeenskap: An exploration of hypertension and herbal treatment amongst the elderly in Nuwerus
Pasquallie, Michell e Sheila (University of the Western Cape, 2016)Hypertension is estimated to a ect 20 million people in South Africa, with lifestyle factors predisposing certain individuals to this condition disease (Hughes et al., 2013). The prevalence rate of hypertension is higher ... -
'Doing' diabetes: a focus on local experience, medical knowledge systems and herbal management of Type 2 Diabetes among individuals in Genadendal, Western Cape
Parker, Hameedah (University of the Western Cape, 2015)In South Africa 3.5 million people (estimated 6% of the total population) are diagnosed and living with diabetes. The majority of the diagnosed group suffer from Type 2 diabetes respectively. Described as a metabolic ... -
The interrelationships of violence - from the transnational to the domestic. Experiences of refugee women in Cape Town
Wanka, Ngwetoh Nchangmum (University of the Western Cape, 2008)Although gender-based violence has been identified as highly problematic in South Africa, it has not been given much scholarly attention in relation to refugee women. This study focuses on the experience of some of these ... -
Negotiating difference: exploring masculinity and disability in contemporary dance
Valentyn, Coralie Pearl (University of the Western Cape, 2015)There is a theoretical gap in scholarship pertaining to masculinity and disability in dance. Existing scholarship on masculinity, disability and dance respectively, seldom bring these three themes into conversation with ... -
Understanding women’s involvement in primary health care: a case study of Khayelitsha (Cape Town)
Kali, Julia Mamosiuoa (University of the Western Cape, 2012)Women are the principle providers of their families when it comes to issues of health care, even though their health needs and efforts are neglected. The contributions that they make to health development seem to be ... -
When soliders become refugees: Surveillance and fear among Rwandan former soliders living in Cape Town, South Africa
Ncube, Florence (University of the Western Cape, 2017)This study examines the fears of Rwandan army deserters who oppose President Kagame, of being found by the External Security Organisation (ESO), a Rwandan spy organisation meant to sniff them out wherever they are in exile: ...