Building on a Legacy of Social Justice Activism
Enlisting Men as Gender Justice Activists in South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2387552 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dean Peacock (0000-0002-3018-9102, Consultant, San Francisco, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 325-328 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Men and Masculinities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1097-184X • E-ISSN: 1552-6828 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1097184x02238530 |
| OpenAlex | W2038313382 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Five in Six has begun what promises to be an unprecedented organizing campaign with the men nominated in these touching letters. Five in Six staff and volunteers have written letters congratulating each everyday hero and have visited those nominees who live in or near Cape Town. They traveled to shantytowns characterized by startling poverty to the townships of the Cape Flats that were the sites of pitched battles against soldiers and police of the white regime throughout the 1980s and to astonishingly wealthy and still predominantly white suburbs. There they encouraged men to organize neighborhood-based groups to whom they are in the process of providing training with the hope that each of these groups will engage in activism to create communities that guarantee safety and justice for women and girls. (excerpt)
Art · Cape · Criminology · Economic Justice · HERO · Political science · Poverty · Social justice · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · South African History and Culture
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2010 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |