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Women's Refusal of Racial Patriarchy in South African Academia
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Raymond, Zaakira; Canham, Hugo – Gender and Education, 2022
This paper explores the career experiences of women academics at three South African universities. To understand the experiences of women academics, we conducted an intersectional interrogation of the politics and practices of belonging in departmental cultures. The sample consisted of thirty women academics whose interviews were analysed through…
Descriptors: Women Faculty, College Faculty, Females, Gender Bias
Is It Transformation or Reform? The Lived Experiences of African Women Doctoral Students in STEM Disciplines in South African Universities
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Mkhize, Zamambo – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2023
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields have historically been disciplines dominated by white men. The colonial ideology designated Africans as subhuman, inferior intellectually, socially, and culturally to the white masculine norm in STEM disciplines. STEM education and careers were thus constructed to attract white,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Womens Education, Females
Perceptions of Gender-Based Violence among University Staff: Interim Results
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Mahlori, Xitsakisi Fiona; Byrne, Deirdre Cassandra; Mabude, Lungisa Anthonia – SAGE Open, 2018
Gender-based violence (GBV) is one of the greatest social issues affecting South Africa, and universities are no exception. This article reports preliminary results of a pilot study conducted at the University of South Africa (Unisa). The study aimed to ascertain perceptions of GBV among university staff. A range of frequency-seeking questions…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Violence, Social Bias, College Faculty
'Why Mouth All the Pieties?' Black and Women Academics' Revelations about Discourses of 'Transformation' at an Historically White South African University
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Belluigi, Dina Zoe; Thondhlana, Gladman – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2019
With inequality persistent across geopolitical contexts, 'transformation' continues to be expediently cited in the rhetoric of higher education institutions. Illuminating alike issues worldwide, the paper critically examines race, inequality and oppression among the black and women academics who were selected as recipients of post-apartheid…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, African American Teachers, Women Faculty, College Faculty
Exploring the Perceptions of Wits Academic Women about Women Empowerment and the Changing Roles of Women in 21st-Century South Africa
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Muberekwa, Evelyn; Nkomo, Thobeka – SAGE Open, 2016
Issues of women's empowerment and gender inequality have been of paramount importance, particularly in the two decades since the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 1995. At that conference, the campaign for women's empowerment was initiated to implement laws promoting gender equality. This research explored the perceptions of nine academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Fairness, Women Faculty, College Faculty
Equity Development Programmes: Does Mentoring Make a Difference in Individual and Social Transformation for South African WonderWomen?
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Geber, Hilary – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2010
The equity and transformation challenge for women and black academics at universities in Post-Apartheid South Africa is enormous. Despite a marked increase in equity development programmes since the 1996 Employment Equity legislation, fewer women than expected have advanced through the academic ranks. An indigenous mentoring model for…
Descriptors: Mentors, Females, Racial Bias, Social Change