Gender Inequalities in the Workplace: Case Study of South Africa

Musetsho, Mavhuthu; Isac, Nicoleta; Dobrin, Cosmin

doi:10.24818/mer/2021.06-06

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“…These types of discrimination are harmful to the dignity and well-being of women and girl children (Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, 2000). Musetsho et al (2021) argued that even though the South African government has adopted several legislative mechanisms to address the issue of gender equality, progress is still unsatisfactory. As a consequence of this, there is a slowness and a delay in the process of ensuring that all South Africans have equal access to opportunities.…”

Section: Equality and Rights Dynamicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A conceptual framework of gender-based violence and femicide drivers in South Africa

Mtotywa,

Ledwaba,

Mambo

et al. 2023

IJRBS

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Gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) is a multifaceted complex phenomenon that needs urgent comprehensive attention in South Africa and other similarly or worse-off affected countries. Central to combating and eliminating GBVF starts with a systematic understanding of the drivers of GBVF. The research aims to develop a conceptual framework of drivers of gender-based violence and femicide, which can be applied to different GVBF improvement studies. The conceptual framework was developed using ecological system theory having 20 indicators relating to: microsystem – personal history and individual factors; mesosystem – interpersonal relationships; exosystem – community factors; macrosystem – societal factors; and chronosystem – significant changes over time. The framework interlinking these GBVF drivers allows for the diagnosis of the main drivers of GBVF and estimates its impact on the victims and their families. This, in turn, can help to combat and eliminate GBVF through moderation with GBVF policies and strategies. This study contributes to systematically demystifying of drivers of GBVF, especially in South Africa and similar African countries.

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Section: Equality and Rights Dynamicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A conceptual framework of gender-based violence and femicide drivers in South Africa

Mtotywa,

Ledwaba,

Mambo

et al. 2023

IJRBS

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“…The above is notwithstanding that Black people in South Africa constitute 81% of the population (Statistics South Africa, 2022) and in Canada, Black people are ethnocultural minorities; they make up 3.5% of the total population (Statistics Canada, 2022). In terms of gender, despite having progressive legislations, women in both countries continue to face discrimination in the workplace (Nangia and Arora, 2021;Musetsho, Isac and Dobrin, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

“They Bring Standards of Academic Excellence Down”

Mudavanhu¹,

Batisai²

2023

PAC

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Calls to hire more diverse faculty members in South African and Canadian universities have long standing histories. The pace of implementation of proposals to appoint more Black and women faculty members was slow. It was partly pressures from the #RhodesMustFall student movement in South Africa (2015) and renewed calls to address anti-Black racism in Canada post the murder of George Floyd in the United States (2020) that prompted post-secondary institutions in these countries to take concrete action towards instituting campus wide transformations to address questions of equity, diversity, and inclusion. Informed by the Othering theory and using thematic analysis, this paper critically examines social media users’ rebuttals to the hiring of more Black and women faculty members at universities in South Africa and Canada. This paper argues that the racist and sexist framing of Black and women faculty as the inferior ‘other’ potentially has negative consequences on the mental health of the aforementioned groups. This article also challenges ahistorical analyses that neglect critical examinations of racist and sexist systemic barriers that women and Black faculty contend with when applying for academic positions. Further, this paper exposes the limitations of the logic that assumes that merit-based hiring is necessarily inimical to sustaining standards of academic excellence.

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“…Despite these well thought out policies and legislative advances, the trend of gender inequality in the communal workplace continues [11]. This is related to the challenges of gender inequality where women tend to be underemployed compared to men in the formal economy [12,13] and not able to find work in the formal economy including the public sector especially at the local government level [14,15] secondly receive equal and/or fair pay compared to their male counterparts [12,[16][17][18] and finally to be able to advance in their career once they take a leadership role in the local government structures [19][20][21], grant women the same access to decision makers as their male counterparts. This explains the low ratio of women to men in leadership positions [22,23].…”

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Unequal, undiversified and underrepresented: women on the backburner in local decision making in South Africa’s local government

Joseph

2022

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The object of research: Firstly, the study highlights that women are still underrepresented in local government at the district level in leadership positions remaining on the backburner as decision makers. Secondly, the study examines the notion of patriarchy and male dominance that results in the marginalization and exclusion of women in municipal decision making. The study contributes to the current body of knowledge through identifying the challenges that prevent the equal representation of women as decision makers in local government. Investigated problem: South Africa has been consistently praised for its advcancement in drafting a progressive constitution and legislation that provides for gender equality. Despite the progressive achievements, women remain underrepresented at the municipal level, as South Africa has not attained the target of 50/50 equal representation as far as women mayors, women are more likely to be underemployed in comparison to men; women do not receive the same and/or fair remuneration in comparison to their male counterpart and women are not able to progress as fast as men in their careers once in local government structures , into leadership role that grant women equal access to become decision makers alike their male counterpart. The reasons for the low proportion of women to men in leadership is attributed to intersecting oppressions that women remain confronted with and can be seen to be connected to historical patriarchal norms and institutional values, which excludes and marginalizes women and institutional culture is stronger than the process of changing this culture. The main scientific results: The findings of the study suggest that women are lagging behind in decision making. Secondly, organizational structures that are attributed to the presence of dominant behaviours in the workplace can be seen to be linked to patriarchy and male dominance exclude and marginalize women. Thirdly, women’s representation within South Africa at the municipal ward and PR levels is on a downward spiral, when comparing the 2021 electoral results to previous electoral results in 2016. Notably, there is a lack of practicality of women's status in local government, policy enacted such as the Women Empowerment and Gender Equality Bill contains the key element that failure to comply with the Constitution justifies punitive action against the defaulting unit. This includes local councils and executive officers. Clause 11 requires 50 percent representation of women. Highlighting instances of failure to comply, with no punitive actions taken. South African women are passive recipients of male-dominated decision making in local government. The area of practical use of the research results: South African public and private sector institutions. Any persons connected to gender justice within society

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Gender Inequalities in the Workplace: Case Study of South Africa

Cited by 8 publications

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A conceptual framework of gender-based violence and femicide drivers in South Africa

A conceptual framework of gender-based violence and femicide drivers in South Africa

“They Bring Standards of Academic Excellence Down”

Unequal, undiversified and underrepresented: women on the backburner in local decision making in South Africa’s local government

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