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‘A nation cannot be free until its women are free’ – Despite positive steps towards gender equality, South African women still face severe threats of violence
Zubeda Dangor, Executive Director of Nisaa Institute for Women’s Development recently wrote this article for Al Jazeerah The recent proceedings of the Oscar Pistorius trial has created the opportunity for us to reflect and focus the spotlight on the issues of gender equality – and …
NISAA Annual Report 2012-2013
“True democracy exists when we treat unequal things unequally”, this is the wisdom of the Greek philosopher Aristotle. Women are born equal in every respect and their equality in enshrined within our constitution and our Bill of Rights, yet women and children continue to fall …
NISAA LeadSA article by Dr Zubeda Dangor- Wednesday, 20 November 2013
One Saturday Morning I went to a large retail outlet in Johannesburg to purchase an appliance that was on a special promotion. There was a young man seated at a desk promoting pens. As I looked up to ask the price, I suddenly noticed the man’s t-shirt. The word ’bitch’ was imprinted on his t-shirt in bold letters. I immediately experienced a sense of revulsion, dropped the pen and turned my back .After collecting myself I asked the man how he could wear such a t-shirt. He casually said that he didn’t think there was anything wrong with wearing such a t-shirt. I felt my blood pressure rising and my heart thumping as I pointed out to him that the word ‘bitch’ is demeaning, disrespectful and offensive to me and every other woman. Feeling violated I walked out of the store.
The Essentials of Feminist Counseling
Feminist counseling puts gender and power at the center of the therapeutic process. It recognizes that in order to understand a client, a counselor must consider the client’s social, political and cultural context. Feminist counseling, therefore, uses a gendered analysis to understand a woman’s experiences and issues. A feminist counselor may help a client to understand how gender, social injustice and power imbalances between men and women impact her life so that the client can better understand and address her problems. Feminist counseling also stresses the importance of counselors’ attitudes, values, and beliefs on the therapy process and outcome.
The book that encourages women to rise
Each writer relates her struggle to get to a place of freedom. The writers relate the wisdom that grew from their wounds. Fikile Krollis wrote: “My bruises, pain, suffering, and disappointment did not discourage me. In fact it gave me the strength to go forward, …
The new sexual offences ACT
The Act addresses the archaic law on sexual offences that existed prior to this law coming into effect. Amongst other critical things, it repeals the common law offence of rape and replaces it with a new expanded statutory offence of rape, applicable to all forms …
Giving Women their Voice
Giving Women their Voice: Domestic Violence and Restorative Justice in South Africa by Amanda Dissel & Kindiza Ngubeni Paper presented at the XIth International Symposium on Victimology, Stellenbosch, July 2003. Amanda Dissel is Manager of the Criminal Justice Programme at the Centre for the Study …
Campaign Against Women Abuse
