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UCT RESEARCH REPORT 2012
Contact Details
Postal address: School of African & Gender Studies,
Anthropology & Linguistics. Anthropology Section,
University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701
Telephone: +27 21 650 3678
Fax: +27 21 650 2307
E-mail: san-socanth@uct.ac.za
Web: http://www.socanth.uct.ac.za/
Gender Studies Section
(Including the African Gender
Institute)
Director of Institute: Associate Professor
Jane Bennett
Head of Section: Dr Helen Scanlon
Profile
Gender Studies offers an undergraduate major in Gender
Studies, a postgraduateHonours programme inGender and
Transformation, and Master’s and PhD level programmes in
Gender Studies. Faculty research interests cover questions
of African feminist theory, militarism and transitional justice
law and policy, women’s peace-building activism, the
psychology of violence, sexual and reproductive rights,
histories of movement building, and queer politics.
The Gender Studies undergraduate programme offers
a broad-based introduction to fundamental theoretical
research in the field, with a special interest in African
contexts. The Honours programme is geared towards
providing participants with excellent grounding in the kinds
of research training needed to work in fields which draw
heavily on gender analysis and theory (such as development,
conflict studies, sociology and social anthropology).
The section regularly hosts academics and visitors; last
year, Gender Studies hosted (with the AGI) visits from
Professor Sylvia Tamale, from Makerere University, and
Yaba Badoe, an international film-maker.
The AGI’s mission is to contribute to the attainment of
gender justice in Africa by participating, through research,
networking, and capacity-building in the transformation of
inequitable institutions and social practices. The AGI’s work
is directed through four themes: sexual and reproductive
health and rights; feminist processes in e-technologies;
transitional justice, peace activism and gender; and gender,
entreneurship and livelihoods. Each theme’s work is driven
by four interlocking principles: the importance of driving
strong research, the integration of capacity-building work
in all our projects, the value of working in partnerships
within and beyond the university, and the need to support
robust public intellectual debate. The AGI also published
Feminist Africa,
a DHET-accredited academic journal.
Departmental Statistics
Permanent and long-term contract staff
Head of Section
1
Lecturers
3
Honorary Research Associates
2
Programme Officers
2
Administrative staff
3
Total
11
Students
Doctoral
4
Master’s
11
Honours
88
Undergraduate
831
Total
934
Research Fields and Staff
Dr Helen Scanlon
Head of Section: Gender and history, transitional justice
and peace building, women’s human rights
Associate Professor Jane Bennett
Gender-based violence and conflict; African feminist
theory; representation; sexuality and queer studies
Ms Yaliwe Clarke
Gender conflict and peace-building; gender analysis and
development; African feminisms.
Dr Adelene Africa
Women perpetrators of violence, gendered representations
of violence, feminist methodologies.
Ms Marion Stevens
Honorary Research Associate, women’s health, sexual
and reproductive health and rights, most at risk and
marginalized populations and health systems.
Dr Tim Murithi
Honorary Research Associate, Gender, peace and security
in Africa; African Union Solemn Declaration on Gender
Equality; Gender-based violence, transitional justice and
the International Criminal Court; Feminist critical theory.