Devina Nadarajan Perumal
Biographic Data
| ID | 6596707 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Devina Nadarajan Perumal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Devina Nadarajan |
| FAMILY NAME | Perumal |
| SIGNATURE | PERUMAL D N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Right to Care |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2528-0331 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Misguided reform
The age of consent to sexual intercourse in South African law is 1611. Sections 1 and 15 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 32 of 2007. and the South African experience emphatically shows that children below the age of 16 are engaging in under-age sexual intercourse. Sections 15 and 16 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 32 of 2007 make it a criminal offence for adolescents…
Women's socio-economic [in]equality and gender [in]justice
The gendered-neutrality of poverty statistics, masks the structural and systemic gender inequalities between women and men as a dimension of poverty, with poor African women being particularly disadvantaged. For in addition to experiencing the general effects of poverty (like any other poor individual), it is mainly poor women (in particular), and not men, who operate as shock absorbers of poverty for others. Given the patriarchal nature of socie…
The ties that bind
Adopting a critical lens towards the institution of marriage as a highly gendered institution, all the articles in this special issue open up a host of questions about what the union of two people means, what it has become, and what it could stand for? In trying to liberate the marriage institution from its patriarchal content and heteronormative building blocks that serve to uphold it, the authors critique the marriage institution by providing a…
Harmonising cultural and equality rights under customary law—some reflections on Shilubana & Others v Nwamitwa 2009 (2) SA 66 (CC)
The equal recognition of the right to gender equality and the right to culture has created tensions between the application of customary law values and the constitutional agenda for the realisation of gender equality in South Africa. This tension has resulted in customary laws being viewed as a source of potential conflict and as perpetuating inequalities and prejudices against women. The recognition of traditional leadership and its institutions…
Warriors and Tribunals
Violence against women and human rights violations are highlighted in WARRIOR MARKS and THE VIENNA TRIBUNAL: WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. DEVINA PERUMAL reviews these films, which were recently screened at the Durban International Film Festival
Women's socio-economic [in]equality and gender [in]justice
The gendered-neutrality of poverty statistics, masks the structural and systemic gender inequalities between women and men as a dimension of poverty, with poor African women being particularly disadvantaged. For in addition to experiencing the general effects of poverty (like any other poor individual), it is mainly poor women (in particular), and not men, who operate as shock absorbers of poverty for others. Given the patriarchal nature of socie…
The ties that bind
Adopting a critical lens towards the institution of marriage as a highly gendered institution, all the articles in this special issue open up a host of questions about what the union of two people means, what it has become, and what it could stand for? In trying to liberate the marriage institution from its patriarchal content and heteronormative building blocks that serve to uphold it, the authors critique the marriage institution by providing a…
Harmonising cultural and equality rights under customary law—some reflections on Shilubana & Others v Nwamitwa 2009 (2) SA 66 (CC)
The equal recognition of the right to gender equality and the right to culture has created tensions between the application of customary law values and the constitutional agenda for the realisation of gender equality in South Africa. This tension has resulted in customary laws being viewed as a source of potential conflict and as perpetuating inequalities and prejudices against women. The recognition of traditional leadership and its institutions…
Warriors and Tribunals
Violence against women and human rights violations are highlighted in WARRIOR MARKS and THE VIENNA TRIBUNAL: WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. DEVINA PERUMAL reviews these films, which were recently screened at the Durban International Film Festival
Harmonising cultural and equality rights under customary law—some reflections on Shilubana & Others v Nwamitwa 2009 (2) SA 66 (CC)
The equal recognition of the right to gender equality and the right to culture has created tensions between the application of customary law values and the constitutional agenda for the realisation of gender equality in South Africa. This tension has resulted in customary laws being viewed as a source of potential conflict and as perpetuating inequalities and prejudices against women. The recognition of traditional leadership and its institutions…
Women's socio-economic [in]equality and gender [in]justice
The gendered-neutrality of poverty statistics, masks the structural and systemic gender inequalities between women and men as a dimension of poverty, with poor African women being particularly disadvantaged. For in addition to experiencing the general effects of poverty (like any other poor individual), it is mainly poor women (in particular), and not men, who operate as shock absorbers of poverty for others. Given the patriarchal nature of socie…
The ties that bind
Adopting a critical lens towards the institution of marriage as a highly gendered institution, all the articles in this special issue open up a host of questions about what the union of two people means, what it has become, and what it could stand for? In trying to liberate the marriage institution from its patriarchal content and heteronormative building blocks that serve to uphold it, the authors critique the marriage institution by providing a…
Misguided reform
The age of consent to sexual intercourse in South African law is 1611. Sections 1 and 15 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 32 of 2007. and the South African experience emphatically shows that children below the age of 16 are engaging in under-age sexual intercourse. Sections 15 and 16 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 32 of 2007 make it a criminal offence for adolescents…
Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Legal Issues in South Africa (3 works) · Constitution (2 works) · Constitutional court (2 works) · South African History and Culture (2 works)