South Africa and Gender
- Capital:
Pretoria - Population:
49000000 - Size:
1219912.0 Km2
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- An analysis of the necessary framework for gender aware energy policy
- M. Feenstra / Women of Uganda Network, 2002
- This report develops and defines the main characteristics of gender-aware national energy policy and analysing under which conditions such a policy can be realised. The paper asks: what are the characteristics of a gender-aware energy...
- Why has a thin piece of rubber, the hope for Africa, so far failed?
- S. Leclerc-Madlala / Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2002
- In South Africa, it is estimated that over sixty per cent of HIV infections occur before the age of twenty five. Even though primary prevention through behaviour change involving safer-sex practices is the most viable and potentially ...
- Comprehensive survey of HIV/AIDS prevalence among all sectors of South African society
- O. Shisana / Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2002
- HIV prevalence data in South Africa has, in the past, mainly been derived from an annual survey of pregnant women attending ante-natal clinics. Although this is recognised as a useful tool to asses trends and levels of HIV prevalence ...
- Are poor South African women more likely to have risky sex than women from more affluent households?
- F Booysen; J Summerton / Centre for Health Systems Research & Development, University of the Free State, South Africa, 2002
- This paper explores the relationship between poverty, knowledge about HIV/AIDS and risky sexual behavior. Household wealth is measured using the asset index approach, while inequalities in health are measured with the aid of the conce...
- A policy paper considering gender as a key variable in South Africa's emigration phenomenon.
- B. Dodson / Southern African Migration Project, 2002
- The paper looks at surveys of South Africans' plans and opinions regarding emigration. The author considers gender difference as an important factor when analysing the departure of skilled workers. Survey findings indicated tha...
- The crucial role of women must taken into account in any peacebuilding initiative
- D. R. Marshall / United States Institute of Peace, 2000
- Many of the efforts under way to sustain peace in countries and regions beset by or emerging from violent conflict are undertaken by grassoots organisations formed by those whose lives are most directly and significantly affected by t...
- Demographic implications of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa
- Medical Research Council, South Africa, 2001
- Demographic projections of the epidemic indicate that HIV/AIDS will cause a rapid change the age and sex pattern of deaths in South Africa. A system to monitor the age pattern has been developed by the Medical Research Council....
- High level commitment is needed to ensure sexual violence in schools is stopped
- Human Rights Watch, 2001
- Violence against women in South African society generally is widely recognized to have reached levels among the highest in the world. The government has also recognized that violent crime, a major social issue in South Africa, poses a...
- Coping with prime age adult AIDS-related illness and death
- C. Desmond; K. Michael; J. Gow / Health Economics & HIV/AIDS Research Division, University of Natal, 2000
- This paper examines the impact on family and community of the three ‘phases’ in the cycle of illnessand death from AIDS: 1. the illness; 2. the period following immediately after death; and 3. the longer-term aftermath. It e...
- South Africa's new immigration policy is "discrimination by default"
- B. Dodson / Southern African Migration Project, 2001
- This paper draws attention to the need for a gender analysis of the South African government’s proposed new policy on international migration, by identifying a number of areas of implicit gender discrimination. Such “discrim...
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