Gretchen E du Plessis
Biographic Data
| ID | 9730102 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gretchen E du Plessis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gretchen E |
| FAMILY NAME | du Plessis |
| SIGNATURE | DU PLESSIS G E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8213-8614 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Leadership training, design thinking and the ethics of care
This review article juxtaposes the principles of ‘design thinking’ and more specifically of human-centred, caring design thinking, with the kind of leadership (between idol and role model), which can achieve the goals of designing products and services that also serve the highest ethical standards for human thriving. The article takes its inspiration from the work of Cornel du Toit, in particular three key ideas from his vast oeuvre. These ideas …
Rural Women with Disabilities in Zimbabwe
Women with disabilities (WWD) in rural Zimbabwe are unable to enjoy fundamental rights and freedoms. The aim of this study was to capture the experiences of WWD in a rural setting. Inspired by critical feminist disability theory, this study conducted semi-structured interviews with 25 WWD (in particular, women with visual and physical impairments) in Mberengwa. Their stories demonstrate limited access to education, employment, information, land, …
The role of food gardens in empowering women
The article explores the role that food gardens can play in contributing to the empowerment of rural South African women. The goal of the study was to focus on likely other benefits - beyond economic advantages - realised by women who participate in the food gardens project. The study was essentially descriptive and qualitative in nature, and focused on a group of women working on a food gardens project in rural Limpopo. Through extensive fieldwo…
Individual Responsibility for Health and HIV Infection
Individual responsibility for health is a popular discourse that extends to prescriptions on how to live ‘positively’ with HIV. This study used in-depth interviews over several months with 10 women at public healthcare clinics in Gauteng to examine their uptake of such prescriptions. The transcripted narratives were analysed using qualitative coding of emergent themes. Foucault's notion of technologies of the self is used to illuminate exemplars …
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The role of food gardens in empowering women
The article explores the role that food gardens can play in contributing to the empowerment of rural South African women. The goal of the study was to focus on likely other benefits - beyond economic advantages - realised by women who participate in the food gardens project. The study was essentially descriptive and qualitative in nature, and focused on a group of women working on a food gardens project in rural Limpopo. Through extensive fieldwo…
Individual Responsibility for Health and HIV Infection
Individual responsibility for health is a popular discourse that extends to prescriptions on how to live ‘positively’ with HIV. This study used in-depth interviews over several months with 10 women at public healthcare clinics in Gauteng to examine their uptake of such prescriptions. The transcripted narratives were analysed using qualitative coding of emergent themes. Foucault's notion of technologies of the self is used to illuminate exemplars …
Rural Women with Disabilities in Zimbabwe
Women with disabilities (WWD) in rural Zimbabwe are unable to enjoy fundamental rights and freedoms. The aim of this study was to capture the experiences of WWD in a rural setting. Inspired by critical feminist disability theory, this study conducted semi-structured interviews with 25 WWD (in particular, women with visual and physical impairments) in Mberengwa. Their stories demonstrate limited access to education, employment, information, land, …
Leadership training, design thinking and the ethics of care
This review article juxtaposes the principles of ‘design thinking’ and more specifically of human-centred, caring design thinking, with the kind of leadership (between idol and role model), which can achieve the goals of designing products and services that also serve the highest ethical standards for human thriving. The article takes its inspiration from the work of Cornel du Toit, in particular three key ideas from his vast oeuvre. These ideas …
Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (1 work)