Efforts to increase girls' access to quality education focus mostly on removing obstacles
linked to poverty and discrimination, and often fail to acknowledge the violence many of …

Interviews conducted with township girls in South Africa show enduring experiences of
sexual violence both in and out of the school. Fear of boys and men were articulated in …

Two of the most pressing educational concerns in sub-Saharan Africa—violence and
HIV/AIDS—are directly related to the ways in which gender is socially constructed. In …

Violence may be defined generally as the mechanism by which unequal power relations are
maintained through the infliction of physical or emotional pain on one person by another …

abstract Various forms of gender-based violence exist among South African youth. While
boys and girls may be victims of violence, male perpetrated violence against females is …

The phenomenon of violence against women is driven by gender norms and societal values
that standardise and justify gender inequality or disproportion. From nuclear family to the …

Understanding the ways in which young boys and girls give meaning to gender and
sexuality is vital, and is especially significant in the light of South Africa's commitment to …

ABSTRACT In South Africa, where gender and sexual violence remain prevalent, this study
examines parents' experiences of and involvement in gender and sexual prevention within a …

This paper examines the role of the school, and of the peer group culture in particular, in
constructing male and female identity among adolescents within the context of high levels of …

BACKGROUND Extremely high levels of violence and HIV/Aids have been documented in
South Africa. Research has also demonstrated the ways in which particular notions of …