Betraying Women in the Name of Revolution: Violence Against Women as an Obstacle to Democratic Nation-Building in South Africa

Authors

Suzanne A. Kim, Georgetown University Law Center

Abstract

The article examines the contradiction between the formal legal advancements in gender equality and the persistent epidemic of violence against women in post-apartheid South Africa. Despite the African National Congress' (ANC) commitment to gender equality and the inclusion of women in political processes, the reality of widespread violence against women undermines the nation's democratic ideals and highlights the failure to address gender concerns within the broader nationalist agenda.

Disciplines

Comparative and Foreign Law | Law | Law and Gender

Recommended Citation

Suzanne A. Kim, Betraying Women in the Name of Revolution: Violence Against Women as an Obstacle to Democratic Nation-Building in South Africa, 8 Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just. 1 (2001).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoersj/vol8/iss1/3