Browsing Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Women and Gender Studies) by Author "Shefer, Tamara"
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An exploratory study of experiences of parenting among a group of school-going adolescent mothers in a South African township
Ngabaza, Sisa (University of the Western Cape, 2010)This study explored adolescent girls' subjective experiences of being young mothers in school, focusing on their personal and interpersonal relationships within their social contexts. Participants included 15 young black ... -
Creating 'space' for publication: challenges faced by women academic staff members at historically Black South African universities
Maurtin-Cairncross, Anita (University of the Western Cape, 2003)In this study an attempt was made to explore the challenges with regard to publications experienced by academic women at three selected Historically Black Universities (HBUs). Although based predominantly within a feminist ... -
An encounter with the structural and spiritual violence of coloniality: Intersectional understanding of black students’ experiences of exclusion in higher education
Albert, Geraldin Wanelisa (University of the Western Cape, 2022)Since the fall of Apartheid, the new mandate of the democratic South African government has been to provide equal quality education for all and to desegregate the education system. However, the national government’s ... -
Gender equality and happiness among South African women
Rustin, Carmine Jianni (University of the Western Cape, 2018)Have South African women's lives become happier since the transition to democracy? If they are, could this be linked to gender equality? This is the central question of this study. This study explored a group of ... -
Narratives of constructing as gay and having relationships in contemporary South Africa
Henderson, Neil (University of the Western Cape, 2010)This study examined how gay men construct a gay identity and have relationships within a heteronormative (Kritzinger, 2005) society in South Africa. The impact of this study is that homophobia continues to persist within ... -
Protesting death-disability-debility imaginaries: Ontological erasure and the endemic violences of settler colonialism
Mohamed, Kharnita (University of the Western Cape, 2023)White supremacist rule socially engineered impoverishment dispossession and fomented brutality that black people in South Africa were made to endure through centuries at the settler colonial history , which was intensified ... -
Rebellious Black femininities: Embodiments of freedom, desire and agency in South African popular culture from 1980 to present
Mazibuko, Mbali (University of the Western Cape, 2022)In this thesis, I explore the notion of rebellious Black femininities and how they are articulated through and within popular culture in South Africa. I focus on the biographies of some women who have occupied the South ... -
Soccer stakeholders’ perceptions and experiences of gender equity practices in soccer at four Western Cape universities in South Africa
Nkambule, Thabisile Carol (University of the Western Cape, 2014)This study presents an exploration of a group of soccer stakeholders’ perceptions and experiences of gender equity practices at four Western Cape universities in South Africa. It discusses female soccer players’ experiences ... -
Socially just pedagogies: Towards participatory parity in higher education
Gredley, Susan (University of the Western Cape, 2022)South Africa remains challenged by persistent poverty and inequality, the ramifications of which are felt across the higher education (HE) sector. Many students enter universities already hindered by socio-economic ... -
Violence against lesbians and (IM) possibilities for identity and politics
Judge, Melanie (University of the Western Cape, 2015)In 2006 South Africa extended marriage rights to gay and lesbian citizens, further signposting their legal inclusion in the post-apartheid order. This inclusion is marked by homophobic murder, signifying the continued ... -
"Yes madam, I can speak!'': A study of the recovered voice of the domestic worker
Mcwatts, Susheela (University of the Western Cape, 2018)Events in the last few years on the global stage have heralded a new era for domestic workers, which may afford them the voice as subaltern that has been silent until now. Despite being constructed as silent and as ...