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1 results foundAuthor: Palmary, Ingrid Title: Re-imagining Women's Security: A Comparative Study of South Africa, Northern Ireland and Lebanon. South African Audit Summary: This report provides an overview of the status of the human security of women in South Africa. It is specifically focused on the political transition of the early 1990s. The issue of human security is discussed within the framework of the Constitution of 1996 as the central document emerging out of the negotiations. However, as there are several documents that came out of these negotiations, other key documents (in particular the Interim Constitution of 1993) are mentioned where it is appropriate. The Constitution, as a key output of the negotiations, resulted in a range of new legislation in line with newly protected rights and increasing democratisation of government and associated institutions. It also resulted in budget shifts to incorporate new needs driven by democratic principles and the creation of new institutions to safeguard democratic rights and principles. These ‘outworkings’ of the peace process are the focus of the first section of this audit. The key areas covered include: • constitutional issues and the key provisions in the Constitution that could impact of women’s security, the changes in governance that were brought about by the Constitution, as well as the transitional arrangements that were in place to allow for transition from a militarised and centralised State to a democratic one; • the significant regional commitments to which South Africa is a signatory and the relationships with the rest of Africa – particularly given South Africa’s history of conflict in the region. • the way that the socio-economic status of women has been dealt with; • the way that cultural issues were dealt with; • arrangements for reconciliation and victims of violence; • decommissioning and demobilisation; • democratisation of the security and policing services; • judicial transformation; and • the arrangements in place for political prisoners. The second section deals with changes in these areas since the transition in 1994 and how this has impacted on the status of women in South African society. It therefore, incorporates basic statistical information to provide a brief overview of changes in women’s lives that have resulted from the political transition. The indicators presented in this section are limited to the key areas of policy and institutional change identified in Section One in order to make some qualitative assessment as to the extent to which the ‘outworkings’ from the constitution may be impacting on the human security of women in South Africa. In addition, some new challenges to women’s security have been included, such as the spread of HIV/AIDS, because of the way that it has shifted policy concerns and had potentially devastating effects on the security of women. Central to this section is the recognition that women in South Africa are an extremely diverse group and the differences between women of different racial and class background may be greater than the differences between men and women within these groups. Therefore, although this audit deals with the general category of ‘women’, where possible, distinctions have been made between women of different racial classifications, as well as urban and rural women because of the ways that our history of racial inequality and staggered migration has affected women differently. Details: Johannesburg: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, 2006. 73p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 19, 2011 at: http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/research/projects/rwsst/SA_Gender_Audit.pdf Year: 2006 Country: South Africa URL: http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/research/projects/rwsst/SA_Gender_Audit.pdf Shelf Number: 121402 Keywords: Gender Based ViolenceViolence Against Women (South Africa)Women (South Africa) |