Report of the Conference on Women and Gender in Southern Africa, 30 January to 3 February 1991
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Gender Research Group Conference Planning Committee, University of Natal, “Report of the Conference on Women and Gender in Southern Africa, 30 January to 3 February 1991”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/7287
- Title
- Report of the Conference on Women and Gender in Southern Africa, 30 January to 3 February 1991
- Description
- Women’s studies and courses which incorporate gender into their analysis have slowly, over the last five or six years, been gaining a toe-hold at South African universities. More and more academics, most of them women, are doing research in the area. Despite this, Women’s and Gender Studies are often marginalised and lecturers have to fight for the space to teach them. Papers on women tend to be ghettoised at conferences. Thus at its first meeting in 1989 the Gender Research Group (GRG) felt the need to celebrate this growing area of work being produced under difficult conditions by organising a conference. The purpose of the conference was to stimulate further research and provide a forum for the work people were already doing. The organising committee wanted the conference to be a place for debate with an emphasis on research and theory. The Conference was organised around four main themes: * Race, class and gender * Culture and ideology * Organising women and policy * Everyday life. It was the first academic conference in South Africa to focus directly on women’s and gender issues. It was attended by participants from most southern African countries as well as southern Africanists from the USA, Britain, Canada and the Netherlands. There were sixty-four papers, some presented in plenary discussion and others in smaller parallel sessions. In addition, two panel discussions were organised, one on ‘Conceptualising gender’ and the other on ‘Organising women’ The conference was followed by two one-day workshops - ‘Teaching Women’s Studies’ and ‘Gender and Popular Education’.
- Subject
- Women – Political activity – Africa, Southern -- Congresses
- South Africa -- Politics and government
- Government, Resistance to – South Africa
- Women – Social conditions – Africa, Southern -- Congresses
- Women in development – Africa, Southern -- Congresses
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/58278
- Date Issued
- 1991-02-03
- Rights Holder
- University of Natal
- Type
- text
- conference publication
- Extent
- 41 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Location - Physical Location
- Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University.
- useGuidelines
- In order to obtain a license for the use of any of the images apply to the Cory Library at cory@ru.ac.za
- Provenance
- Materials donated by Rosemary Smith
- Item sets
- Rosemary Smith Collection
Gender Research Group Conference Planning Committee, University of Natal, “Report of the Conference on Women and Gender in Southern Africa, 30 January to 3 February 1991”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/7287
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