Gender, culture and rights

Contents: The great leap sideways: gender, culture and rights after 10 years of democracy in South Africa (Kristina Bentley and Heather Brookes) * 5,25 million minutes: gender and culture after 10 years of democracy (Marjorie Jobson) * An Old Rag: South African research on GBV and debates on cultures and rights (Jane Bennett) * Human rights, gender and culture a deliberate confusion? (Sibongile Ndashe) * Reflection on the rights created by the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act (Likhapa Mbatha) * A traditional leadership perspective of gender, rights, culture and the law (Nkosi SP Holomisa) * LGBTI mainstreaming: inculcating a culture of human rights (Wendy Isaack) * Imprisoned by their origins? Comparative issues of gender and cultural difference in France and South Africa (Cynthia Kros) * Marriage and divorce: opportunities and challenges facing South African Muslim women with the recognition of Muslim Personal Law (Wesahl Agherdien Domingo) * Through men, by men, for men: Christianity and the quest for gender equality (Desmond Lesejane) * Gender rights within the framework of traditional or group cultural norms and rights (Rashida Manjoo) * Youth, fathers and masculinity in South Africa today (Robert Morrell) * The role of men in the struggle for gender equality: possibilities for positive engagement (Bafana Khumalo) * The role of society and culture in shaping gender inequalities (Lungiswa Memela) * Post-apartheid South Africa - gender, rights and the politics of recognition continuities in gender-based violence? (Tina Sideris) * Meeting the challenge of the struggle: the status quo of the GBV sector (Delphine Serumaga) * Interventions linking gender relations and violence with reproductive health and HIV: rationale, effectiveness and gaps (Jane Chege) Contents, part 2: Involving men in maternity care: health service delivery issues (Saiqa Mullick, Busi Kunene and Monica Wanjiru) * Creating spaces for mens involvement in sexual and reproductive health (Mokgethi Tshabalala) * Redefining masculinity in the era of HIV/AIDS: Padares work on masculinity in Zimbabwe (Regis Munyaradzi Mtutu) * South African men care enough to act against HIV/AIDS and general inequality: the Men in Partnership act against HIV/AIDS (MIPAA) experience (Rabi Gobind) * Urgency and optimism: masculinities, gender equality and public health (Dean Peacock) * Gender, culture and rights: challenges and approaches of three Chapter 9 Commissions (Cheryl Potgieter)