Shamim Meer
Biographic Data
| ID | 6324473 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shamim Meer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shamim |
| FAMILY NAME | Meer |
| SIGNATURE | MEER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Feminist contributions, challenges and claims
This Article highlights key contributions of second wave feminism, arguing that these are of relevance today, as we struggle to deal with questions of social justice within a context of increasing poverty and inequality. I look at feminist understandings of expanded social justice which highlighted crucial links between the economic, political and the cultural, and which stressed that the personal was political. I look at feminist strategies whic…
Gender, rights and development
Freedom for women
The liberation struggle in South Africa highlighted racial and class oppression as key causes of poverty,inequality, and a lack of rights for most South Africans. Drawing on the language of the struggle,women political and trade union activists brought attention to their oppression and exploitation aswomen, and were able to place non-sexism alongside non-racism and democracy as key liberationprinciples. However, while men in these organisations o…
Speak Magazine Looks Back
Case Report
Shamim Meer, Case Report: [Land, Constraints to Land Reform and Gender Equity Goals], Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity, AGI Monograph 1999: Translating Commitment into Policy and Practice? (1999), pp. 71-88
Feminist Agendas in Activism and Academia
Gender and Land Rights
Summaries This article argues that the goals of social justice, poverty alleviation and gender equality within the post?apartheid government's land reform programme are threatened by government's neo?liberal macroeconomic framework, by shortcomings in addressing gender and because rural women do not constitute an organised social force. The article outlines the key elements of the land reform programme and points to limitations arising from the m…
Giving Back the Land
Awareness of gender needs within the Land Reform Pilot Programme promises to ensure women's rights. Shamim Meer discusses developments in the Land Ministry as they stood at the time of going to press
FEDTRAW Women March
The women came in small groups of twos and threes. They looked around. How many more were here they wondered? Slowly they moved towards the steps outside the Chamber of Mines offices. There were now 50 women standing together. Two women had copies of a memorandum to hand in to the managing director. The other women unfolded the pieces of paper they were carrying in their bags and pockets and in the fronts of their dresses. They held up their pape…
Take Back the Night
Freedom for women
The liberation struggle in South Africa highlighted racial and class oppression as key causes of poverty,inequality, and a lack of rights for most South Africans. Drawing on the language of the struggle,women political and trade union activists brought attention to their oppression and exploitation aswomen, and were able to place non-sexism alongside non-racism and democracy as key liberationprinciples. However, while men in these organisations o…
Feminist contributions, challenges and claims
This Article highlights key contributions of second wave feminism, arguing that these are of relevance today, as we struggle to deal with questions of social justice within a context of increasing poverty and inequality. I look at feminist understandings of expanded social justice which highlighted crucial links between the economic, political and the cultural, and which stressed that the personal was political. I look at feminist strategies whic…
Case Report
Shamim Meer, Case Report: [Land, Constraints to Land Reform and Gender Equity Goals], Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity, AGI Monograph 1999: Translating Commitment into Policy and Practice? (1999), pp. 71-88
Gender and Land Rights
Summaries This article argues that the goals of social justice, poverty alleviation and gender equality within the post?apartheid government's land reform programme are threatened by government's neo?liberal macroeconomic framework, by shortcomings in addressing gender and because rural women do not constitute an organised social force. The article outlines the key elements of the land reform programme and points to limitations arising from the m…
Feminist Agendas in Activism and Academia
Giving Back the Land
Awareness of gender needs within the Land Reform Pilot Programme promises to ensure women's rights. Shamim Meer discusses developments in the Land Ministry as they stood at the time of going to press
FEDTRAW Women March
The women came in small groups of twos and threes. They looked around. How many more were here they wondered? Slowly they moved towards the steps outside the Chamber of Mines offices. There were now 50 women standing together. Two women had copies of a memorandum to hand in to the managing director. The other women unfolded the pieces of paper they were carrying in their bags and pockets and in the fronts of their dresses. They held up their pape…
Take Back the Night
Giving Back the Land
Awareness of gender needs within the Land Reform Pilot Programme promises to ensure women's rights. Shamim Meer discusses developments in the Land Ministry as they stood at the time of going to press
Feminist Agendas in Activism and Academia
Gender and Land Rights
Summaries This article argues that the goals of social justice, poverty alleviation and gender equality within the post?apartheid government's land reform programme are threatened by government's neo?liberal macroeconomic framework, by shortcomings in addressing gender and because rural women do not constitute an organised social force. The article outlines the key elements of the land reform programme and points to limitations arising from the m…
Case Report
Shamim Meer, Case Report: [Land, Constraints to Land Reform and Gender Equity Goals], Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity, AGI Monograph 1999: Translating Commitment into Policy and Practice? (1999), pp. 71-88
Speak Magazine Looks Back
Freedom for women
The liberation struggle in South Africa highlighted racial and class oppression as key causes of poverty,inequality, and a lack of rights for most South Africans. Drawing on the language of the struggle,women political and trade union activists brought attention to their oppression and exploitation aswomen, and were able to place non-sexism alongside non-racism and democracy as key liberationprinciples. However, while men in these organisations o…
Gender, rights and development
Feminist contributions, challenges and claims
This Article highlights key contributions of second wave feminism, arguing that these are of relevance today, as we struggle to deal with questions of social justice within a context of increasing poverty and inequality. I look at feminist understandings of expanded social justice which highlighted crucial links between the economic, political and the cultural, and which stressed that the personal was political. I look at feminist strategies whic…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Land Rights and Reforms (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Poverty (3 works)