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Gender in Turbulent Times: Sexual Violence, Bare Life and Necropolitics

Gender based violence and sexual violence in specific have reached unprecedented levels in countries in the Global North and South.

Amanda Gouws Amanda Gouws

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“We can make it better you and I” : How Ugandan girls raised awareness of sexual and gender related violence

Macnab, A. J., Besigye, I., & Tusubira, B. 2024. “We can make it better you and I” : How Ugandan girls raised awareness of sexual and ge...

Andrew MacNab Andrew MacNab

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Sexual and gender-related violence against girls in sub-Saharan Africa: a need for effective interventions

Macnab, A. J., Besigye, I., & Tusubira, B. 2024. Sexual and gender-related violence against girls in sub-Saharan Africa: a need for effe...

Andrew MacNab Andrew MacNab

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Mediating the ‘Sacredness’ of Religion, Culture and Law in Contexts of Sexual Violence

Nadar, Sarojini and Elisabeth Gerle. 2016. Mediating the ‘Sacredness’ of Religion, Culture and Law in Contexts of Sexual Violence. Agenda 30...

Elisabeth Gerle Elisabeth Gerle Sarojini Nadar Sarojini Nadar

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Exploring interpretations of the constitution and the bible as “sacred texts” in constructing (un)equal gendered environments

Culture, religion, gender, ethnicity, race and history influence processes of identity formation and social relationships.

Elisabeth Gerle Elisabeth Gerle Sarojini Nadar Sarojini Nadar
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