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Title
Roots of women's union activism: South Africa 1973-2003 |
Full text
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/13330 |
Date
2008 |
Author(s)
Tshoaedi, Cynthia Malehoko |
Abstract
This study examines the mobilisation of South African women into trade union activities between the period 1973 and 2003. Firstly, it underscores the role of South African women in fighting for workers' rights in the workplace and their contributions in the building of the labour movement at the national level. In explaining the mobilisation of women, this research focuses on their social biography. It explores women's experiences in society, the family (or personal relationships), the workplace and trade unions. It is shown that women's experiences within all these different social settings are interconnected and influence their consciousness. Based on these observations, I argue that the activism of South African women takes place at the level of race, class and gender. Secondly, the study focuses on the participation of women trade unionists in the South African transition. It argues that women the struggles of women in the trade unions and the workplace have contributed significantly to the proposals adopted by the Women's National Coalition which were subsequently incorporated into political negotiation process during the transition and ultimately into the constitution. |
Subject(s)
Class; Collective identity; Feminism; Gender; Gender consciousness; Mobilisation; Race; Social biography; Social movements; Transition |
Language
en |
Publisher
Political Science / Joke Smit Institute for Women's Studies, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University |
Type of publication
Doctoral thesis |
Format
application/pdf; application/pdf; application/pdf; application/pdf; application/pdf |
Repository
Leiden - Africanists at University of Leiden
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