Assessing gender equality in the South African Public Service
- Authors: Vyas-Doorgapersad, S.
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Gender , Gender equality , Recruitment
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/453151 , uj:39997 , Citation: Vyas-Doorgapersad, S. 2020. Assessing gender equality in the South African Public Service.
- Description: Abstract: Gender equality is a fundamental requirement for a progressive 21st century society and economy; yet, South Africa still grapples with challenges affecting the attainment of equality across genders, 25 years after our first Freedom Day. It should be noted, however, that this contemporary era has seen robust approaches taken to uplift previously disadvantaged persons, such as women, in employment and other spectrums of life. Modern day South Africa was borne out of historical inequalities that were based in racially-biased policies and practices. Coupled with ancient beliefs that have left a residue of patriarchal opinions on gender equality, the pre-1994 era has caused South Africa to face imbalances that need redressing. Historical factors have also placed South Africa at loggerheads with global developments related to male-domination of workplaces and societies, something that requires urgent intervention in South Africa. In this article, gender equality in the South African public services sector is analysed through the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA). As the custodian of public service polices, the DPSA has adopted and implemented the Strategic Framework on Gender Equality within the Public Service as its gender equality compass and barometer. This article analyses gender equality informed by the tenets of the said Framework as a conduit for building and sustaining a non-racial, non-sexist, and equal modern South Africa. The recommendations of the article include an intensified and fully-fledge public service practice pertaining to gender equality, as well as improved upward mobility for women in top management positions. Such improvement includes mobility resulting from recruitment and promotion augmented by normal processes such as political appointments.
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- Authors: Vyas-Doorgapersad, S.
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Gender , Gender equality , Recruitment
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/453151 , uj:39997 , Citation: Vyas-Doorgapersad, S. 2020. Assessing gender equality in the South African Public Service.
- Description: Abstract: Gender equality is a fundamental requirement for a progressive 21st century society and economy; yet, South Africa still grapples with challenges affecting the attainment of equality across genders, 25 years after our first Freedom Day. It should be noted, however, that this contemporary era has seen robust approaches taken to uplift previously disadvantaged persons, such as women, in employment and other spectrums of life. Modern day South Africa was borne out of historical inequalities that were based in racially-biased policies and practices. Coupled with ancient beliefs that have left a residue of patriarchal opinions on gender equality, the pre-1994 era has caused South Africa to face imbalances that need redressing. Historical factors have also placed South Africa at loggerheads with global developments related to male-domination of workplaces and societies, something that requires urgent intervention in South Africa. In this article, gender equality in the South African public services sector is analysed through the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA). As the custodian of public service polices, the DPSA has adopted and implemented the Strategic Framework on Gender Equality within the Public Service as its gender equality compass and barometer. This article analyses gender equality informed by the tenets of the said Framework as a conduit for building and sustaining a non-racial, non-sexist, and equal modern South Africa. The recommendations of the article include an intensified and fully-fledge public service practice pertaining to gender equality, as well as improved upward mobility for women in top management positions. Such improvement includes mobility resulting from recruitment and promotion augmented by normal processes such as political appointments.
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Assessing gender equality in the South African sports sector
- Vyas-Doorgapersad, S., Surujlal, J.
- Authors: Vyas-Doorgapersad, S. , Surujlal, J.
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Gender , Gender equality , Sports management
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/289620 , uj:31426 , Citation: Vyas-Doorgapersad, S. & Surujlal, J. 2018. Assessing gender equality in the South African sports sector. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITY STUDIES Vol 10, No 1, 2018. , ISSN: 1309-8063 (Online)
- Description: Abstract: Sport has generally been a male-dominated domain which appears to discriminate against women by preventing their advancement to high-level positions in sports organisations. The article conceptually utilises the Gender and Development approach as a theoretical framework. The rationale behind this approach is that in a patriarchal society, there are stereotyped mentality, social practices, and cultural traditions confining women to household tasks only; role-conflict between men and women; and gender challenges in terms of work-family-balanced tasks that restrict women from advancing their careers outside their delegated and expected home-based tasks. This approach therefore aims to empower, incorporate, integrate, and mainstream gender in the sport sector. The article contextually utilises a comprehensive literature survey, document analysis, and a desktop review of the Department of Sport and Recreation South Africa to identify gender gaps. Through document analysis, the gender gaps will be discussed in the South African sports sector at strategic and policy levels that suppress women from holding decision-making and strategic positions. Authors believe that women alone are not responsible for the lack of gender-based representation in sports management. Male counterparts hold equal responsibility to encourage, promote,...
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- Authors: Vyas-Doorgapersad, S. , Surujlal, J.
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Gender , Gender equality , Sports management
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/289620 , uj:31426 , Citation: Vyas-Doorgapersad, S. & Surujlal, J. 2018. Assessing gender equality in the South African sports sector. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITY STUDIES Vol 10, No 1, 2018. , ISSN: 1309-8063 (Online)
- Description: Abstract: Sport has generally been a male-dominated domain which appears to discriminate against women by preventing their advancement to high-level positions in sports organisations. The article conceptually utilises the Gender and Development approach as a theoretical framework. The rationale behind this approach is that in a patriarchal society, there are stereotyped mentality, social practices, and cultural traditions confining women to household tasks only; role-conflict between men and women; and gender challenges in terms of work-family-balanced tasks that restrict women from advancing their careers outside their delegated and expected home-based tasks. This approach therefore aims to empower, incorporate, integrate, and mainstream gender in the sport sector. The article contextually utilises a comprehensive literature survey, document analysis, and a desktop review of the Department of Sport and Recreation South Africa to identify gender gaps. Through document analysis, the gender gaps will be discussed in the South African sports sector at strategic and policy levels that suppress women from holding decision-making and strategic positions. Authors believe that women alone are not responsible for the lack of gender-based representation in sports management. Male counterparts hold equal responsibility to encourage, promote,...
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Assessing gender gaps in employment and earnings in Africa: The case of Eswatini
- Schwidrowski, Zuzana Brixiová, Imai, Susumu, Kangoye, Thierry, Yameogo, Nadege Desiree
- Authors: Schwidrowski, Zuzana Brixiová , Imai, Susumu , Kangoye, Thierry , Yameogo, Nadege Desiree
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Gender , Employment , Income
- Language: English
- Type: Journal article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/494588 , uj:44869 , Citation: Zuzana Brixiová Schwidrowski, Susumu Imai, Thierry Kangoye & Nadege Desiree Yameogo (2021) Assessing gender gaps in employment and earnings in Africa: The case of Eswatini, Development Southern Africa, 38:4, 643-663, DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2021.1913996 , DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2021.1913996
- Description: Abstract: Persistent gender gaps characterise labour markets in many African countries. Utilising Eswatini’s first three labour market surveys (conducted in 2007, 2010, and 2013), this paper provides first systematic evidence on the country’s gender gaps in employment and earnings. We find that women have notably lower employment rates and earnings than men, even though the global financial crisis had a less negative impact on women than it had on men. Both unadjusted and unexplained gender earnings gaps are higher in self-employment than in wage employment. Tertiary education and urban location account for a large part of the gender earnings gap and mitigate high female propensity to self-employment. Our findings suggest that policies supporting female higher education and rural-urban mobility could reduce persistent inequalities in Eswatini’s labour market outcomes as well as in other middle-income countries in southern Africa.
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- Authors: Schwidrowski, Zuzana Brixiová , Imai, Susumu , Kangoye, Thierry , Yameogo, Nadege Desiree
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Gender , Employment , Income
- Language: English
- Type: Journal article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/494588 , uj:44869 , Citation: Zuzana Brixiová Schwidrowski, Susumu Imai, Thierry Kangoye & Nadege Desiree Yameogo (2021) Assessing gender gaps in employment and earnings in Africa: The case of Eswatini, Development Southern Africa, 38:4, 643-663, DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2021.1913996 , DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2021.1913996
- Description: Abstract: Persistent gender gaps characterise labour markets in many African countries. Utilising Eswatini’s first three labour market surveys (conducted in 2007, 2010, and 2013), this paper provides first systematic evidence on the country’s gender gaps in employment and earnings. We find that women have notably lower employment rates and earnings than men, even though the global financial crisis had a less negative impact on women than it had on men. Both unadjusted and unexplained gender earnings gaps are higher in self-employment than in wage employment. Tertiary education and urban location account for a large part of the gender earnings gap and mitigate high female propensity to self-employment. Our findings suggest that policies supporting female higher education and rural-urban mobility could reduce persistent inequalities in Eswatini’s labour market outcomes as well as in other middle-income countries in southern Africa.
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Challenging gender equality in South African transformation policies ‒ a case of the white paper : a programme for the transformation of higher education
- Authors: Akala, B.M.
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Gender , Policy , Higher education
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/289748 , uj:31443 , Citation: Akala, B.M. 2018. Challenging gender equality in South African transformation policies ‒ a case of the white paper : a programme for the transformation of higher education. South African Journal of Higher Education. Volume 32 | Number 3 | 2018 | pages 226‒248. http://dx.doi.org/10.20853/32-3-1521 , ISSN: 1753-5913
- Description: Abstract: Using a post-structural lens, I make arguments against homogenising people’s conditions and circumstances. In particular, I acknowledge that the post-1994 reform agenda intended to streamline the previously fragmented and segregated higher education landscape under the apartheid regime. Black women, who are the main target of this article suffered triple marginalisation ‒ race, social class and sexism. The aim of the article is to show the tensions that exist within the White Paper: A Programme for the Transformation of Higher Education (DoE 1997). The said tensions have stifled the attainment of gender equity and equality; effectively widening the gender fissures in post-1994 South African higher education. I argue that we should not take for granted phrases such as “equal opportunities” and “equal access” in policies. Instead, we should seek their meaning and achievement inter alia in earnest for the targeted group. Therefore, I postulate that gender and gendering is complex and very fragmented. For this reason, formulating transformation interventions on the premise of equality for all does not necessarily guarantee gender equality or gender equity. With this in mind, a “one-size fits all” approach to redressing gender equality is implausible and does not suffice in addressing salient gender injustices. I propose a multifaceted approach, which encompasses a realistic and holistic outlook on the divergent needs of black women in particular and women in general as a possible solution to the current challenges.
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- Authors: Akala, B.M.
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Gender , Policy , Higher education
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/289748 , uj:31443 , Citation: Akala, B.M. 2018. Challenging gender equality in South African transformation policies ‒ a case of the white paper : a programme for the transformation of higher education. South African Journal of Higher Education. Volume 32 | Number 3 | 2018 | pages 226‒248. http://dx.doi.org/10.20853/32-3-1521 , ISSN: 1753-5913
- Description: Abstract: Using a post-structural lens, I make arguments against homogenising people’s conditions and circumstances. In particular, I acknowledge that the post-1994 reform agenda intended to streamline the previously fragmented and segregated higher education landscape under the apartheid regime. Black women, who are the main target of this article suffered triple marginalisation ‒ race, social class and sexism. The aim of the article is to show the tensions that exist within the White Paper: A Programme for the Transformation of Higher Education (DoE 1997). The said tensions have stifled the attainment of gender equity and equality; effectively widening the gender fissures in post-1994 South African higher education. I argue that we should not take for granted phrases such as “equal opportunities” and “equal access” in policies. Instead, we should seek their meaning and achievement inter alia in earnest for the targeted group. Therefore, I postulate that gender and gendering is complex and very fragmented. For this reason, formulating transformation interventions on the premise of equality for all does not necessarily guarantee gender equality or gender equity. With this in mind, a “one-size fits all” approach to redressing gender equality is implausible and does not suffice in addressing salient gender injustices. I propose a multifaceted approach, which encompasses a realistic and holistic outlook on the divergent needs of black women in particular and women in general as a possible solution to the current challenges.
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Entangled Patriarchies : sex, gender and relationality in the forging of Natal
- Authors: Sheik, Nafisa Essop
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Natal , Historiography , Gender
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/216792 , uj:21554 , Citation: Sheik, N.S. 2016. Entangled Patriarchies : sex, gender and relationality in the forging of Natal.
- Description: Abstract: The arguments presented here are offered in critical appraisal of Guy’s contribution to the scholarship of colonial Natal and are informed by two primary concerns: the first is a politics of producing desegregated historiography, and the second is the need for local historical studies to relate to areas of wider scholarly concern, in this instance relating Shepstonian politics to liberalism and the nineteenth-century British Empire. Theophilus Shepstone and the Forging of Natal is Jeff Guy’s magnum opus and a meticulously researched and richly detailed book. Guy’s finely considered archival narrative builds a vision of a colony forged out of the local contingencies of Native administration centred around Shepstone’s mediations of power. In this telling, it is out of the struggles between the powerful Shepstone; a small, fractious settler elite – his friends and enemies; and an intricate network of chiefly authorities that Natal is made.1 It is clear from this tome, as it is in his considerable body of earlier work, that Guy was not one to countenance theoretical generalizations about Shepstone’s Natal. It is the contention of this essay that Guy’s writing of this history of the colony is, at best, a history in part, and that connections and generalizations beyond these groups and beyond the colony are political and scholarly imperatives. In addressing this, I will draw on instances of my own research on race, sex, marriage and state-making to demonstrate the necessity of, and the possibilities for, a broader, more complex telling of the history of colonial Natal.
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- Authors: Sheik, Nafisa Essop
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Natal , Historiography , Gender
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/216792 , uj:21554 , Citation: Sheik, N.S. 2016. Entangled Patriarchies : sex, gender and relationality in the forging of Natal.
- Description: Abstract: The arguments presented here are offered in critical appraisal of Guy’s contribution to the scholarship of colonial Natal and are informed by two primary concerns: the first is a politics of producing desegregated historiography, and the second is the need for local historical studies to relate to areas of wider scholarly concern, in this instance relating Shepstonian politics to liberalism and the nineteenth-century British Empire. Theophilus Shepstone and the Forging of Natal is Jeff Guy’s magnum opus and a meticulously researched and richly detailed book. Guy’s finely considered archival narrative builds a vision of a colony forged out of the local contingencies of Native administration centred around Shepstone’s mediations of power. In this telling, it is out of the struggles between the powerful Shepstone; a small, fractious settler elite – his friends and enemies; and an intricate network of chiefly authorities that Natal is made.1 It is clear from this tome, as it is in his considerable body of earlier work, that Guy was not one to countenance theoretical generalizations about Shepstone’s Natal. It is the contention of this essay that Guy’s writing of this history of the colony is, at best, a history in part, and that connections and generalizations beyond these groups and beyond the colony are political and scholarly imperatives. In addressing this, I will draw on instances of my own research on race, sex, marriage and state-making to demonstrate the necessity of, and the possibilities for, a broader, more complex telling of the history of colonial Natal.
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Financing the gender imperative for procurement in the City Of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
- Authors: Kithatu-Kiwekete, A.K.
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Economic equity , Gender , Johannesburg
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/289612 , uj:31425 , Citation: Kithatu-Kiwekete, A.K. 2018. Financing the gender imperative for procurement in the City Of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
- Description: Abstract: An important role that municipalities can play in procurement is for the local sphere to offer opportunities to realise economic equity for enterprises owned by women and other previously disadvantaged groups. Municipal procurement can be used to address equity concerns by opening up economic prospects for particular categories of people. Gender mainstreaming may be achieved by the conspicuous inclusion of enterprises that are owned and operated by women, which often operate on the periphery of procurement. Integrating gender into municipal procurement enables women-owned businesses to participate, benefit, and in turn enhance gendered participation in Johannesburg’s local economic development (LED). This article expands the conclusions from an earlier study that was concerned with e-procurement. The article uses a qualitative analytic approach to assess how gendered procurement for the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (CJMM) has not been conducted to benefit womenowned businesses. These are compared against the municipality’s procurement policies, procedures, and reports to highlight the gender gap in municipal procurement. The article deduces that a gender gap persists in the CJMM’s municipal procurement processes, which excludes women-headed businesses from benefiting from larger contracts. The article offers suggestions for improvement. The article recommends that future research is needed that will use gender-disaggregated data to analyse municipal sector procurement for LED. The article concludes with key recommendations to enhance gender equity in municipal procurement.
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- Authors: Kithatu-Kiwekete, A.K.
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Economic equity , Gender , Johannesburg
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/289612 , uj:31425 , Citation: Kithatu-Kiwekete, A.K. 2018. Financing the gender imperative for procurement in the City Of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
- Description: Abstract: An important role that municipalities can play in procurement is for the local sphere to offer opportunities to realise economic equity for enterprises owned by women and other previously disadvantaged groups. Municipal procurement can be used to address equity concerns by opening up economic prospects for particular categories of people. Gender mainstreaming may be achieved by the conspicuous inclusion of enterprises that are owned and operated by women, which often operate on the periphery of procurement. Integrating gender into municipal procurement enables women-owned businesses to participate, benefit, and in turn enhance gendered participation in Johannesburg’s local economic development (LED). This article expands the conclusions from an earlier study that was concerned with e-procurement. The article uses a qualitative analytic approach to assess how gendered procurement for the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (CJMM) has not been conducted to benefit womenowned businesses. These are compared against the municipality’s procurement policies, procedures, and reports to highlight the gender gap in municipal procurement. The article deduces that a gender gap persists in the CJMM’s municipal procurement processes, which excludes women-headed businesses from benefiting from larger contracts. The article offers suggestions for improvement. The article recommends that future research is needed that will use gender-disaggregated data to analyse municipal sector procurement for LED. The article concludes with key recommendations to enhance gender equity in municipal procurement.
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Gender and age differences in conflict management within small businesses.
- Authors: Havenga, W.
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: Conflict handling styles , Interpersonal conflict , Age , Gender , Small business , Rahim organisational inventory , ROC-II instrument
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5639 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2878
- Description: The objective of this exploratory study was to establish, through the application of the Rahim Organisational Inventory (ROC II) instrument, how the gender and age status of owners/managers of small businesses relate to the application of different conflict-handling styles. The sample of 68 participants was taken using a convenience sampling technique to ensure representation from the strata of the 102 small businesses. Analysis of variances was used to determine if differences exist in conflict-handling styles within the gender and age status groups. The results of the statistical analysis done revealed that slight to significant variances were found, which are discussed accordingly.
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- Authors: Havenga, W.
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: Conflict handling styles , Interpersonal conflict , Age , Gender , Small business , Rahim organisational inventory , ROC-II instrument
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5639 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/2878
- Description: The objective of this exploratory study was to establish, through the application of the Rahim Organisational Inventory (ROC II) instrument, how the gender and age status of owners/managers of small businesses relate to the application of different conflict-handling styles. The sample of 68 participants was taken using a convenience sampling technique to ensure representation from the strata of the 102 small businesses. Analysis of variances was used to determine if differences exist in conflict-handling styles within the gender and age status groups. The results of the statistical analysis done revealed that slight to significant variances were found, which are discussed accordingly.
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Gender and ICT in east and West Africa for sustainable development goals : a comparative study
- Vyas-Doorgapersad, Shikha, Kithatu-Kiwekete, A.
- Authors: Vyas-Doorgapersad, Shikha , Kithatu-Kiwekete, A.
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Africa , Gender , Gender equality
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/227212 , uj:22990 , Citation: Vyas-Doorgapersad, S & Kithatu-Kiwekete, A. 2017. Gender and ICT in east and West Africa for sustainable development goals : a comparative study.
- Description: Abstract: In 2015, the global community, via the United Nations, adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to provide strategic direction towards the elimination of global poverty, safeguarding the environment and ensuring improved levels of wellbeing for all. The transition from the previous international goals offers the opportunity to emphasize and engage with gendered concerns, that is, the nexus should propel the agenda for gender. Specific questions are raised to determine whether gender and information and communication technologies (ICT) work towards the SDG. How can gender and ICT contribute to the SDG narrative, particularly in East and West Africa? These issues are analysed through a desktop review, using case studies, country reports, national, regional and continental policies. The findings reveal that inroads have been made to promote gender equality in ICT but these must be scaled up under the new dispensation of SDG. With this in mind, policy recommendations for improvement are offered.
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- Authors: Vyas-Doorgapersad, Shikha , Kithatu-Kiwekete, A.
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Africa , Gender , Gender equality
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/227212 , uj:22990 , Citation: Vyas-Doorgapersad, S & Kithatu-Kiwekete, A. 2017. Gender and ICT in east and West Africa for sustainable development goals : a comparative study.
- Description: Abstract: In 2015, the global community, via the United Nations, adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to provide strategic direction towards the elimination of global poverty, safeguarding the environment and ensuring improved levels of wellbeing for all. The transition from the previous international goals offers the opportunity to emphasize and engage with gendered concerns, that is, the nexus should propel the agenda for gender. Specific questions are raised to determine whether gender and information and communication technologies (ICT) work towards the SDG. How can gender and ICT contribute to the SDG narrative, particularly in East and West Africa? These issues are analysed through a desktop review, using case studies, country reports, national, regional and continental policies. The findings reveal that inroads have been made to promote gender equality in ICT but these must be scaled up under the new dispensation of SDG. With this in mind, policy recommendations for improvement are offered.
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Gender based e-procurement within the city of Johannesburg metropolitan municipality
- Kithatu-Kiwekete, A., Vyas-Doorgapersad, Shikha
- Authors: Kithatu-Kiwekete, A. , Vyas-Doorgapersad, Shikha
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Capacity building , E-procurement , Gender
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/227222 , uj:22991 , Citation: Kithatu-Kiwekete, A. & Vyas-Doorgapersad, S. 2017. Gender based e-procurement within the city of Johannesburg metropolitan municipality.
- Description: Abstract: Municipalities in South Africa are expected to utilise their purchasing processes to promote gender equality. A key external goal of municipal procurement is to redress inequalities through economic opportunities and economic equity to the benefit of both men and women. Currently, most municipalities are transforming their services through electronic mode, resulting in the use of e-procurement processes which link business-to-business, business-to-consumer, and business-togovernment via information and communication technologies. Using a Gender and Development (GAD) Approach, this article aims to assess the level of gender inclusivity in the municipal e-procurement processes in the City of Johannesburg as a case study. Among the questions raised in the article are whether gender mainstreaming is considered in the municipal procurement processes; and if there are any initiatives in place to capacitate men and women to ensure their participation in the e-procurement processes. The review of literature and official documents forms part of the desktop conceptual and theoretical analysis. Utilising qualitative, descriptive and analytical research approaches, the article explores the need for gender mainstreaming in the municipal e-procurement value chain processes such as e-informing, e-tendering and vendor management. The article then offers policy implications and suggestions for improvement.
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- Authors: Kithatu-Kiwekete, A. , Vyas-Doorgapersad, Shikha
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Capacity building , E-procurement , Gender
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/227222 , uj:22991 , Citation: Kithatu-Kiwekete, A. & Vyas-Doorgapersad, S. 2017. Gender based e-procurement within the city of Johannesburg metropolitan municipality.
- Description: Abstract: Municipalities in South Africa are expected to utilise their purchasing processes to promote gender equality. A key external goal of municipal procurement is to redress inequalities through economic opportunities and economic equity to the benefit of both men and women. Currently, most municipalities are transforming their services through electronic mode, resulting in the use of e-procurement processes which link business-to-business, business-to-consumer, and business-togovernment via information and communication technologies. Using a Gender and Development (GAD) Approach, this article aims to assess the level of gender inclusivity in the municipal e-procurement processes in the City of Johannesburg as a case study. Among the questions raised in the article are whether gender mainstreaming is considered in the municipal procurement processes; and if there are any initiatives in place to capacitate men and women to ensure their participation in the e-procurement processes. The review of literature and official documents forms part of the desktop conceptual and theoretical analysis. Utilising qualitative, descriptive and analytical research approaches, the article explores the need for gender mainstreaming in the municipal e-procurement value chain processes such as e-informing, e-tendering and vendor management. The article then offers policy implications and suggestions for improvement.
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Gender differences in the relationship between innovation and its antecedents
- Steyn, Renier, De Bruin, Gideon
- Authors: Steyn, Renier , De Bruin, Gideon
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Gender , Innovation , Psychometrics
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/456662 , uj:40463 , Citation: Steyn, R., & De Bruin, G. (2020). Gender differences in the relationship between innovation and its antecedents. South African Journal of Business Management, 51(1), a1675. https://doi.org/ 10.4102/sajbm.v51i1.1675 , ISSN: (Online) 2078-5976
- Description: Abstract: Purpose: The aim of this study was to go beyond measurement invariance and assess whether innovation and its antecedents relate to each other in the same way for men as for women when using measurement invariant instruments. Design/methodology/approach: The sample represents 52 South African organisations, with 60 employees from each, amounting to 3143 respondents, of which 56.4% were men and 43.6% women. Four instruments, of which the measurement invariance across gender has been determined, were included in the study. The relationship between innovation and its antecedents was assessed by performing both correlation and regression analyses for men and women separately, and comparing the findings. Thereafter, gender was introduced as moderator between innovation and its antecedents. Findings/results: The results reveal that the relationships between innovation and its antecedents do not differ practically across gender, nor does gender moderate the relationship between these variables. Practical implications: Although gender and gender diversity are often associated with innovation, this research reveals that gender does not alter the way the antecedents to innovation influence innovation at an individual level. Originality/value: Through applying quantitative and sophisticated methodologies this research contributes to an evidence-based debate on gender in the workplace.
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- Authors: Steyn, Renier , De Bruin, Gideon
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Gender , Innovation , Psychometrics
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/456662 , uj:40463 , Citation: Steyn, R., & De Bruin, G. (2020). Gender differences in the relationship between innovation and its antecedents. South African Journal of Business Management, 51(1), a1675. https://doi.org/ 10.4102/sajbm.v51i1.1675 , ISSN: (Online) 2078-5976
- Description: Abstract: Purpose: The aim of this study was to go beyond measurement invariance and assess whether innovation and its antecedents relate to each other in the same way for men as for women when using measurement invariant instruments. Design/methodology/approach: The sample represents 52 South African organisations, with 60 employees from each, amounting to 3143 respondents, of which 56.4% were men and 43.6% women. Four instruments, of which the measurement invariance across gender has been determined, were included in the study. The relationship between innovation and its antecedents was assessed by performing both correlation and regression analyses for men and women separately, and comparing the findings. Thereafter, gender was introduced as moderator between innovation and its antecedents. Findings/results: The results reveal that the relationships between innovation and its antecedents do not differ practically across gender, nor does gender moderate the relationship between these variables. Practical implications: Although gender and gender diversity are often associated with innovation, this research reveals that gender does not alter the way the antecedents to innovation influence innovation at an individual level. Originality/value: Through applying quantitative and sophisticated methodologies this research contributes to an evidence-based debate on gender in the workplace.
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Gender dynamics in the choice of pre-service teacher training via an open and distance learning mode
- Olaniran, S. O., Perumal, J.
- Authors: Olaniran, S. O. , Perumal, J.
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Gender , Pre-service teacher training , Open and distance learning
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/455397 , uj:40305 , Citation: Olaniran, S.O. & Perumal, J. 2020.
- Description: Abstract: Open and Distance Learning (ODL) based pre-service teacher training is gaining prominence in Africa but little is known about the gender perspective to the choice of ODL programme. While there is broad consensus about the need to train new teachers through ODL because of the shortage of qualified teachers, there is a dearth of research about the complexities of being a female pre-service teacher in an ODL programme. This study employed survey research design to examine how gender influences the choice of ODL based pre-service teacher training. Three hundred and sixty-two (362) female pre-service teachers in a South African based ODL institution responded to the anonymous web-based instrument which was designed on Google form and analysed using descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that female students are motivated to enrol in an ODL pre-service teacher training because of factors such as flexibility of studies, family demands, and work-study opportunity- that accrue from such a programme. However, the study found that a significant number of the female pre-service teachers are struggling to utilize e-learning technologies. The study, therefore, recommends special training programmes for female students with a significant part of such training facilitated by female education specialists and technologists.
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Gender dynamics in the choice of pre-service teacher training via an open and distance learning mode
- Authors: Olaniran, S. O. , Perumal, J.
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Gender , Pre-service teacher training , Open and distance learning
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/455397 , uj:40305 , Citation: Olaniran, S.O. & Perumal, J. 2020.
- Description: Abstract: Open and Distance Learning (ODL) based pre-service teacher training is gaining prominence in Africa but little is known about the gender perspective to the choice of ODL programme. While there is broad consensus about the need to train new teachers through ODL because of the shortage of qualified teachers, there is a dearth of research about the complexities of being a female pre-service teacher in an ODL programme. This study employed survey research design to examine how gender influences the choice of ODL based pre-service teacher training. Three hundred and sixty-two (362) female pre-service teachers in a South African based ODL institution responded to the anonymous web-based instrument which was designed on Google form and analysed using descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that female students are motivated to enrol in an ODL pre-service teacher training because of factors such as flexibility of studies, family demands, and work-study opportunity- that accrue from such a programme. However, the study found that a significant number of the female pre-service teachers are struggling to utilize e-learning technologies. The study, therefore, recommends special training programmes for female students with a significant part of such training facilitated by female education specialists and technologists.
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Gender effect on eating habits of Nigerian school children
- Obidoa, Jaachimma Chioma, Onyechi, Kay Chinonyelum Nwamaka, Chukwuone, Chiamaka Adaobi, Dimelu, Ifeoma Ngozi, Victor-Aigbodion, Vera, Eseadi, Chiedu, Chukwu, Chinyere Loveth, Ejiofor, Juliana Ngozi, Obande-Ogbuinya, Nkiru Edith, Uba, Mercy Benedette Ifeoma, Foloruntsho, Raphael Oluwasina Babalola, Oraelosi, Charles Azubuike, Onuorah, Anthonia Ekanibe
- Authors: Obidoa, Jaachimma Chioma , Onyechi, Kay Chinonyelum Nwamaka , Chukwuone, Chiamaka Adaobi , Dimelu, Ifeoma Ngozi , Victor-Aigbodion, Vera , Eseadi, Chiedu , Chukwu, Chinyere Loveth , Ejiofor, Juliana Ngozi , Obande-Ogbuinya, Nkiru Edith , Uba, Mercy Benedette Ifeoma , Foloruntsho, Raphael Oluwasina Babalola , Oraelosi, Charles Azubuike , Onuorah, Anthonia Ekanibe
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Eating habits , Gender , School children
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/483141 , uj:43838 , Citation: Obidoa, J.C, Onyechi, K.C.N., Chukwuone, C.A. et al. 2021. Gender effect on eating habits of Nigerian school children. DOI:10.1097/MD.0000000000024961
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- Authors: Obidoa, Jaachimma Chioma , Onyechi, Kay Chinonyelum Nwamaka , Chukwuone, Chiamaka Adaobi , Dimelu, Ifeoma Ngozi , Victor-Aigbodion, Vera , Eseadi, Chiedu , Chukwu, Chinyere Loveth , Ejiofor, Juliana Ngozi , Obande-Ogbuinya, Nkiru Edith , Uba, Mercy Benedette Ifeoma , Foloruntsho, Raphael Oluwasina Babalola , Oraelosi, Charles Azubuike , Onuorah, Anthonia Ekanibe
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Eating habits , Gender , School children
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/483141 , uj:43838 , Citation: Obidoa, J.C, Onyechi, K.C.N., Chukwuone, C.A. et al. 2021. Gender effect on eating habits of Nigerian school children. DOI:10.1097/MD.0000000000024961
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Gender equality for achieving Sustainable Development Goal One (no Poverty) in South African municipalities
- Authors: Vyas-Doorgapersad, Shikha
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Gender , Gender equality , Poverty
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/296210 , uj:32269 , Citation: Vyas-Doorgapersad, S. 2019. Gender equality for achieving Sustainable Development Goal One (no Poverty) in South African municipalities.
- Description: Abstract: Sustainable Development Goal One demands the reduction of poverty, hence holds significance in the South African context where a high unemployment rate still prevails, hampering socio-economic development of the country as a whole. In addition, poverty is linked to gender inequality with female counterparts occupying fewer jobs in the South African labour market than men. This situation is even more dire at grassroots levels, where a lack of education and civic awareness, inadequate gender-based poverty alleviation policies, and inappropriate gender-based participation in pro-poor growth strategies, contribute towards the weakening of women’s empowerment. This article hypothesises that gender equality in poverty reduction strategies could have a positive impact in the realisation of Sustainable Development Goal One. In order to explore the gender equality measures in poverty reduction initiatives, the article utilizes a qualitative research approach with an exploratory design...
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- Authors: Vyas-Doorgapersad, Shikha
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Gender , Gender equality , Poverty
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/296210 , uj:32269 , Citation: Vyas-Doorgapersad, S. 2019. Gender equality for achieving Sustainable Development Goal One (no Poverty) in South African municipalities.
- Description: Abstract: Sustainable Development Goal One demands the reduction of poverty, hence holds significance in the South African context where a high unemployment rate still prevails, hampering socio-economic development of the country as a whole. In addition, poverty is linked to gender inequality with female counterparts occupying fewer jobs in the South African labour market than men. This situation is even more dire at grassroots levels, where a lack of education and civic awareness, inadequate gender-based poverty alleviation policies, and inappropriate gender-based participation in pro-poor growth strategies, contribute towards the weakening of women’s empowerment. This article hypothesises that gender equality in poverty reduction strategies could have a positive impact in the realisation of Sustainable Development Goal One. In order to explore the gender equality measures in poverty reduction initiatives, the article utilizes a qualitative research approach with an exploratory design...
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Gender equality in the sport sector : the case of selected Southern African countries
- Authors: Vyas-Doorgapersad, Shikha
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Gender , Gender equality , Women in development
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/424788 , uj:36343 , Vyas-Doorgapersad, S.: Gender equality in the sport sector : the case of selected Southern African countries.
- Description: Abstract: Africa is a patriarchal society where men dominate those sectors that are considered masculine. Sport is traditionally considered a masculine activity, hence it still creates gender segregation; side-lining women from participating in sport activities and being represented in sport management structures. The aim of this article is to explore the status of gender equality in the sport sector in the Southern African context. The following 10 countries constitute African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Following a multidisciplinary research perspective, the author conducted a literature survey, document analysis, and desktop review of the challenges and realities of gender equality in the sport sector covering selected AUSC Region 5 countries in Southern Africa. Utilising a qualitative research approach, this article explores the need for gender equality in the sport sector. The findings confirm that although there is a gender-biased approach in the sport sector that can lead to social and economic development of society, it can be a platform to empower girls and women; however, a stereotypical mentality, socioeconomic barriers, and cultural norms still restrict female participation and representation in sport-related activities and processes. This article discusses these challenges and offers solutions for improvement. The article discusses that there are transformative changes in the world that force social inclusion of women in all aspects of life, including sports. These transformative changes require governments and sports organisations to reform their policies to make them more gender inclusive. This is an aspect of ongoing debates in country-specific contexts.
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- Authors: Vyas-Doorgapersad, Shikha
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Gender , Gender equality , Women in development
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/424788 , uj:36343 , Vyas-Doorgapersad, S.: Gender equality in the sport sector : the case of selected Southern African countries.
- Description: Abstract: Africa is a patriarchal society where men dominate those sectors that are considered masculine. Sport is traditionally considered a masculine activity, hence it still creates gender segregation; side-lining women from participating in sport activities and being represented in sport management structures. The aim of this article is to explore the status of gender equality in the sport sector in the Southern African context. The following 10 countries constitute African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Following a multidisciplinary research perspective, the author conducted a literature survey, document analysis, and desktop review of the challenges and realities of gender equality in the sport sector covering selected AUSC Region 5 countries in Southern Africa. Utilising a qualitative research approach, this article explores the need for gender equality in the sport sector. The findings confirm that although there is a gender-biased approach in the sport sector that can lead to social and economic development of society, it can be a platform to empower girls and women; however, a stereotypical mentality, socioeconomic barriers, and cultural norms still restrict female participation and representation in sport-related activities and processes. This article discusses these challenges and offers solutions for improvement. The article discusses that there are transformative changes in the world that force social inclusion of women in all aspects of life, including sports. These transformative changes require governments and sports organisations to reform their policies to make them more gender inclusive. This is an aspect of ongoing debates in country-specific contexts.
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Gender mainstreaming in local economic development processes : a South African perspective
- Authors: Vyas-Doorgapersad, Shikha
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Gender , Gender equality , Gender mainstreaming
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/250830 , uj:26147 , Citation: Vyas-Doorgapersad, S. 2017. Gender mainstreaming in local economic development processes : a South African perspective.
- Description: Abstract: The United Nations Millennium Development Goal [MDG] (Goal 1; Poverty reduction) in South Africa had not achieved all of its set targets. There are still economic disparities complemented by a wide ranging pollution-tounemployment ratio creating gender-differentiation in poverty outcomes. MDG Goal 3 (Gender equality and women empowerment) also existed in isolation and was not explicitly aligned with other goals. The post-MDG review led to the establishment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (Goal 1: poverty elimination and Goal 6: gender equality). In order to eradicate poverty and advance economic empowerment of households, the Local Economic Development (LED) programme has since been implemented in South African municipalities. The aim of the article is to explore the missing element of gender in development policies and goals. The purpose therefore is to align gender to local economic development in municipalities. A qualitative research design was planned to gather relevant information. A review of LED documents explores the gender exclusion in the LED processes. Gender differences, inequality, unequal access to resources, and unequal employment opportunities may lead to economic collapse. The article offers recommendations for improvement.
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- Authors: Vyas-Doorgapersad, Shikha
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Gender , Gender equality , Gender mainstreaming
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/250830 , uj:26147 , Citation: Vyas-Doorgapersad, S. 2017. Gender mainstreaming in local economic development processes : a South African perspective.
- Description: Abstract: The United Nations Millennium Development Goal [MDG] (Goal 1; Poverty reduction) in South Africa had not achieved all of its set targets. There are still economic disparities complemented by a wide ranging pollution-tounemployment ratio creating gender-differentiation in poverty outcomes. MDG Goal 3 (Gender equality and women empowerment) also existed in isolation and was not explicitly aligned with other goals. The post-MDG review led to the establishment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (Goal 1: poverty elimination and Goal 6: gender equality). In order to eradicate poverty and advance economic empowerment of households, the Local Economic Development (LED) programme has since been implemented in South African municipalities. The aim of the article is to explore the missing element of gender in development policies and goals. The purpose therefore is to align gender to local economic development in municipalities. A qualitative research design was planned to gather relevant information. A review of LED documents explores the gender exclusion in the LED processes. Gender differences, inequality, unequal access to resources, and unequal employment opportunities may lead to economic collapse. The article offers recommendations for improvement.
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Gender socio-economic and demographic determinants predictors of mathematics success
- Authors: Agumba, Justus N.
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Determinants , Gender , Engineering , Mathematics
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceedings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/17886 , uj:15934 , Citation: Agumba, J.N. 2015. Gender socio-economic and demographic determinants predictors of mathematics success. Strouhal, J. & Sandhu, P.S. (Eds.) 2015 International Conference on Environment, Agricultural & Civil Engineering (ICEACE-15), Sept. 24-25, 2015 Penang, Malaysia. pp.99-104. ISBN: 9789384422394.
- Description: Abstract: he socio-economic and demographic factors have been indicated to predict mathematics success. However, there is paucity of research to verify if these factors differ in predicating mathematics success based on gender (male and female). Hence, this paper reports on a study of gender socio-economic and demographic factors as predictors of mathematics success for civil and built environment students at a comprehensive university in South Africa. Data was obtained through, questionnaire survey from 199 students who were purposive sampled. However, two questionnaires were not valid. The questionnaire was developed from exiting literature. The data was analysed using Statistical Package fo! r the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22. The statistical analyses computed were both descriptive and inferential. Inferential statistics were used to determine gender socio-economic and demographic variables influencing mathematics success. This was computed using binary logistic regression, splitting gender into male and female. The result established that when male and female socio-economic and demographic variables were tested they were poor predictors of mathematics success. Hence all the variables were insignificant, as the p-values were less than 0.05. However, the descriptive statistics on the socio-economic and demographic factors indicated that male students outperformed the female students in mathematics at high school and at the university. In terms of weekly income majority of the students earned less than R200, with 54% male and 55% for female. It is interesting to note that female students’ parents’ highest education were far better than male students, as 38% of ! female students indicated their parents highest education level was university degree compared to 30% of male students. However, the arithmetic difference is not too wide. Furthermore, majority of female students i.e. 74% compared to 61% male students pursued the building course, whereas male students were the majority in civil engineering technology compared to their female counterparts. This study informs university policy makers that where male and female students are accommodated, their age, passing high school mathematics, amount of weekly allowance, entry level to the university and type of education sponsors does not predict passing mathematics at university. However, further research is advocated as these variables are not exhaustive
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- Authors: Agumba, Justus N.
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Determinants , Gender , Engineering , Mathematics
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceedings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/17886 , uj:15934 , Citation: Agumba, J.N. 2015. Gender socio-economic and demographic determinants predictors of mathematics success. Strouhal, J. & Sandhu, P.S. (Eds.) 2015 International Conference on Environment, Agricultural & Civil Engineering (ICEACE-15), Sept. 24-25, 2015 Penang, Malaysia. pp.99-104. ISBN: 9789384422394.
- Description: Abstract: he socio-economic and demographic factors have been indicated to predict mathematics success. However, there is paucity of research to verify if these factors differ in predicating mathematics success based on gender (male and female). Hence, this paper reports on a study of gender socio-economic and demographic factors as predictors of mathematics success for civil and built environment students at a comprehensive university in South Africa. Data was obtained through, questionnaire survey from 199 students who were purposive sampled. However, two questionnaires were not valid. The questionnaire was developed from exiting literature. The data was analysed using Statistical Package fo! r the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22. The statistical analyses computed were both descriptive and inferential. Inferential statistics were used to determine gender socio-economic and demographic variables influencing mathematics success. This was computed using binary logistic regression, splitting gender into male and female. The result established that when male and female socio-economic and demographic variables were tested they were poor predictors of mathematics success. Hence all the variables were insignificant, as the p-values were less than 0.05. However, the descriptive statistics on the socio-economic and demographic factors indicated that male students outperformed the female students in mathematics at high school and at the university. In terms of weekly income majority of the students earned less than R200, with 54% male and 55% for female. It is interesting to note that female students’ parents’ highest education were far better than male students, as 38% of ! female students indicated their parents highest education level was university degree compared to 30% of male students. However, the arithmetic difference is not too wide. Furthermore, majority of female students i.e. 74% compared to 61% male students pursued the building course, whereas male students were the majority in civil engineering technology compared to their female counterparts. This study informs university policy makers that where male and female students are accommodated, their age, passing high school mathematics, amount of weekly allowance, entry level to the university and type of education sponsors does not predict passing mathematics at university. However, further research is advocated as these variables are not exhaustive
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Gender, Conflict and Peace-Building in Africa : A Comparative Historical Review of Zulu and Igbo Women in Crisis Management
- Ani, Kelechi Johnmary, Uwizeyimana, Dominique Emmanuel
- Authors: Ani, Kelechi Johnmary , Uwizeyimana, Dominique Emmanuel
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Gender , Women , Peace
- Language: English
- Type: Journal article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/495258 , uj:44959 , Citation: Ani, K.J & Uwizeyimana, D.E., 2021. Gender, Conflict and Peace-Building in Africa : A Comparative Historical Review of Zulu and Igbo Women in Crisis Management. , ISSN: 1929-4409/21
- Description: Abstract: The male gender has often dominated the quest for societal security. Analysis and studies on security management and peace-building tend to advance the role of the male folk more than their female counterparts. This study traced the role of historic Zulu women in societal security management and compared it to the Aba Women's War that is popularly referred to as the Aba women riot. The study used the African developmental feminism theory to anchor its analysis. It maintained that these women rose at critical times to challenge the forces that planted insecurity in their societies. It found that they engaged in both strategic and reactive peace-building. The study also reveals the similarities and differences in Zulu and Igbo women intervention in conflict and security management. Finally, the researchers recommended considering the widespread nature of insecurity in many remote parts of Africa that have consistently led to the death of women and children. There should be a re-awakening of female security regiments in many African societies, and they should be trained to secure their lives and properties through community policing efforts.
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- Authors: Ani, Kelechi Johnmary , Uwizeyimana, Dominique Emmanuel
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Gender , Women , Peace
- Language: English
- Type: Journal article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/495258 , uj:44959 , Citation: Ani, K.J & Uwizeyimana, D.E., 2021. Gender, Conflict and Peace-Building in Africa : A Comparative Historical Review of Zulu and Igbo Women in Crisis Management. , ISSN: 1929-4409/21
- Description: Abstract: The male gender has often dominated the quest for societal security. Analysis and studies on security management and peace-building tend to advance the role of the male folk more than their female counterparts. This study traced the role of historic Zulu women in societal security management and compared it to the Aba Women's War that is popularly referred to as the Aba women riot. The study used the African developmental feminism theory to anchor its analysis. It maintained that these women rose at critical times to challenge the forces that planted insecurity in their societies. It found that they engaged in both strategic and reactive peace-building. The study also reveals the similarities and differences in Zulu and Igbo women intervention in conflict and security management. Finally, the researchers recommended considering the widespread nature of insecurity in many remote parts of Africa that have consistently led to the death of women and children. There should be a re-awakening of female security regiments in many African societies, and they should be trained to secure their lives and properties through community policing efforts.
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Gender, Conflict and Peace-Building in Africa: A Comparative Historical Review of Zulu and Igbo Women in Crisis Management
- Ani, Kelechi Johnmary, Uwizeyimana, Dominique Emmanuel
- Authors: Ani, Kelechi Johnmary , Uwizeyimana, Dominique Emmanuel
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Gender , Women , Peace
- Language: English
- Type: Journal article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/494600 , uj:44889 , Citation: Ani, K.J., Uwizeyimana, D.E., 2021. Gender, Conflict and Peace-Building in Africa: A Comparative Historical Review of Zulu and Igbo Women in Crisis Management.
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- Authors: Ani, Kelechi Johnmary , Uwizeyimana, Dominique Emmanuel
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Gender , Women , Peace
- Language: English
- Type: Journal article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/494600 , uj:44889 , Citation: Ani, K.J., Uwizeyimana, D.E., 2021. Gender, Conflict and Peace-Building in Africa: A Comparative Historical Review of Zulu and Igbo Women in Crisis Management.
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Girl-child streetism and possible interventions in the Sub-Saharan Africa
- Olanirian, Sunday Olawale, Perumal, Juliet
- Authors: Olanirian, Sunday Olawale , Perumal, Juliet
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Gender , Streetism , Girl children
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/483834 , uj:43924 , Citation: Olanirian, S.O. & Perumal, J. 2021. Girl-child streetism and possible interventions in the Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Description: Abstract: Streetism is a growing problem worldwide and Africa is one of the continents of the world with the highest population of street children. United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) refers to street children as children for whom the street, more than their family, becomes their real home. The recent statistics released by the UNICEF revealed that States in the North-east and North-west regions of Nigeria have female primary net attendance rates of 47.7 percent and 47.3 percent, which shows that more than half of the girls in those parts of the country are not in school. This paper examined streetism from the gender perspective, with a view to drawing the attention of the government, civil societies, and other stakeholders towards responding to the menace of steet girls. This study was carried out by conducting document analysis and careful study of various secondary data sources obtained online. Google scholar, Scopus and African Journals Online (AJOL) were used to retrieve journal articles, news items and other electronic materials written on the complexities of streetism as it affects girl children in the Sub-Saharan Africa. High vulnerability to violence, rape, sexually transmitted diseases, and teenage pregnancy are the major problems found in the literature to be of peculiarity to street girls. Special programmes such as street education and literacy, as well as vocational skills acquisition programmes for street children were suggested as possible interventions to respond to the menace of streetism in the SSA.
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- Authors: Olanirian, Sunday Olawale , Perumal, Juliet
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Gender , Streetism , Girl children
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/483834 , uj:43924 , Citation: Olanirian, S.O. & Perumal, J. 2021. Girl-child streetism and possible interventions in the Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Description: Abstract: Streetism is a growing problem worldwide and Africa is one of the continents of the world with the highest population of street children. United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) refers to street children as children for whom the street, more than their family, becomes their real home. The recent statistics released by the UNICEF revealed that States in the North-east and North-west regions of Nigeria have female primary net attendance rates of 47.7 percent and 47.3 percent, which shows that more than half of the girls in those parts of the country are not in school. This paper examined streetism from the gender perspective, with a view to drawing the attention of the government, civil societies, and other stakeholders towards responding to the menace of steet girls. This study was carried out by conducting document analysis and careful study of various secondary data sources obtained online. Google scholar, Scopus and African Journals Online (AJOL) were used to retrieve journal articles, news items and other electronic materials written on the complexities of streetism as it affects girl children in the Sub-Saharan Africa. High vulnerability to violence, rape, sexually transmitted diseases, and teenage pregnancy are the major problems found in the literature to be of peculiarity to street girls. Special programmes such as street education and literacy, as well as vocational skills acquisition programmes for street children were suggested as possible interventions to respond to the menace of streetism in the SSA.
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Intersections of Queer Art and African Indigenous Culture: The Case of Inxeba (The Wound)
- Authors: Pauwels, Matthias
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Gender , Marginality , Queer art
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/447168 , uj:39185 , Citation: Matthias P. 2020. Intersections of Queer Art and African Indigenous Culture: The Case of Inxeba (The Wound).
- Description: Abstract: This article assesses some recurrent criticisms, based on respect for traditional culture, levelled at art works that thematise non-heteronormative gender positionalities in South Africa. More specifically, it reconsiders the stormy, local reception of the South African movie Inxeba (The Wound), a queer love story set in the context of the male initiation rites of the Xhosa community. The article focuses on criticisms of the movie based on the alleged misrepresentation and misappropriation of indigenous cultural practices. It aims to reflect on the complicated knot of problematics that queer artists and activists have to navigate in South Africa, including entrenched heteronormative traditions, but also multiculturality and racial privilege. New ways of negotiating these problematics are proposed through the development of a more complex topographical account of the intersections of multiple forms of marginality, as well as through the application of multiculturalist theories regarding ways to assist oppressed minorities in traditional cultures.
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- Authors: Pauwels, Matthias
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Gender , Marginality , Queer art
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/447168 , uj:39185 , Citation: Matthias P. 2020. Intersections of Queer Art and African Indigenous Culture: The Case of Inxeba (The Wound).
- Description: Abstract: This article assesses some recurrent criticisms, based on respect for traditional culture, levelled at art works that thematise non-heteronormative gender positionalities in South Africa. More specifically, it reconsiders the stormy, local reception of the South African movie Inxeba (The Wound), a queer love story set in the context of the male initiation rites of the Xhosa community. The article focuses on criticisms of the movie based on the alleged misrepresentation and misappropriation of indigenous cultural practices. It aims to reflect on the complicated knot of problematics that queer artists and activists have to navigate in South Africa, including entrenched heteronormative traditions, but also multiculturality and racial privilege. New ways of negotiating these problematics are proposed through the development of a more complex topographical account of the intersections of multiple forms of marginality, as well as through the application of multiculturalist theories regarding ways to assist oppressed minorities in traditional cultures.
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