Browsing Faculty of Arts by Author "Clowes, Lindsay"
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Body positive ‘healthy’ women: Representations of health and femininities in women’s health magazine South Africa, 2013-2018
Samaai, Shirmeez (University of the Western Cape, 2022)This research explores how representations of healthy femininities are constructed through narratives of Body Positivity in the South African version of Women’s Health magazine from 2013 to 2018. In my thesis, I examine ... -
Experiences of rural girls in a historically dominated organisation: scouts in Mpumalanga, Western Cape and Eastern Cape
Van Staden, Maria (University of the Western Cape, 2006)This study explores the experiences of young rural girls in scouting practices, who reside in the rural areas of Mpumalanga, Western and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This exploratory study draws special reference ... -
An exploration of the gendered constructions of ‘stoner’ identity on a Western Cape campus
Brown, Natasha Carmen (University of the Western Cape, 2019)This study employed a social constructionist understanding of ‘identity’ to identify key markers of gendered ‘stoner’ identity and to consider how gendered ‘stoner’ identity is performed on a Western Cape campus. The aim ... -
An exploration of women's experiences in senior management in the petroleum industry South Africa
Nefdt, Anthea Carol (University of the Western Cape, 2017)There are relatively few women in senior leadership or management positions in South African industry. The oil industry is no exception to this and could in fact be considered to exemplify the ways in which women are ... -
An exploratory study of women's experiences and place in the church: a case study of a parish in the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (CPSA), diocese of Cape Town
Sparrow, Isabel (University of the Western Cape, 2006)This mini-thesis is a small-scale exploratory case study into the experiences of eight mature women members of a particular parish in the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (CPSA) situated in the Diocese of Cape ... -
Food, farming and subsistence agriculture: women's voices from u-Mhlanga village, Eastern Cape
Skota-Dayile, Nomvuyo (University of the Western Cape, 2003)Using a qualitative feminist methodology grounded on post-modemist and postcolonial framework, this research represents an attempt to determine the factors influencing the farming and subsistence agriculture strategies ... -
Gender and small-scale enterprises following economic reforms: a case study of Dar-Es-Salaam
Iddi Mangi, Namini Scholasticka (University of the Western Cape, 2002)This study is about Gender and small-scale enterprises following recent economic reforms in Tanzania. It deals with a case study of women entrepreneurs in Dar-es- Salaam, focusing on their prospects and problems, and the ... -
Lesbians and the right to equality: Perceptions of people in a local Western Cape community
Sanger, Nadia (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, ... -
Perceptions of empowerment: a study of muslim women living in the greater Cape Town Metropole
Abrahams, Zulfa (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 ... -
Representations of gender, race and sexuality in selected English-medium South African magazines, 2003-2005
Sange, Nadia (University of the Western Cape, 2007)In this thesis, I 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 ... -
Representations of gender,race and sexuality in selected English-medium South African magazines, 2003-2005
Sanger, Nadia (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 ... -
Women and Law in Malawi: The experiences of women seeking child maintenance at Lilongwe Child Justice Court
Phiri, Limbani Zakeyo (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 Parliamentarians perceptions of political influence in the South African Parliament
Angevine, Sara (University of the Western Cape, 2006)In this study, I examine how women Parliamentarians understand their political influence within the South African Parliament and what environmental factors contribute to this understanding. Currently, South Africa is a ...