FEMINIST INSTITUTIONALISM IN SOUTH AFRICA, designing for gender equality

327pp., paperback, First SA Edition, Cape Town, 2023

First published in the USA.

Contributions include:

"Imagining a New World: A brief history of the South African feminist experiment in institutionalism" by Shireen Hassim

"Governance, Governmentally and Power in the Commission for Gender Equality, 1997-2016" by Sheila Meintjes

"In the Belly of the Commission for Gender Equality: of structural problems and straightjackets" by Amanda Gouws

"A Feminist Footprint? The Commission for Gender Equality and the courts" by Cathi Albertyn

"The Journey through Women's Organisations, Parliament and the Commission for Gender Equality: Reflections of a gender diva" by Gertrude Fester.

Amanda Gouws is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and SARChI Chair in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University.