Professor of Political Science and SARChi Chair in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
Amanda Gouws is Professor of Political Science and holds a PhD from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in the USA. Her fields of specialisation are South African Politics and Gender Politics and Political Behavior. Her co-authored book with James Gibson from Washington University St Louis, Overcoming Intolerance in South Africa: Experiments in Democratic Persuasion (Cambridge University Press, 2003) was awarded the Alexander George Book Award for best book in Political Psychology in 2003. In 2004 she received the Rectors Award for Excellence in Research. She has published widely on issues in South African Politics and Gender Politics. In 2012 she received the award for Distinguished Women in Science from the Department of Science and Technology. She is a member of the Association of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAF). She was a Commissioner with the South African Commission for Gender Equality until June 2014. Her edited book with Daiva Stasiulis "Gender and Multiculturalism: North/South Perspectives appeared with Routledge in 2014. Her edited book with Joy Watson "Nasty Women Talk Back" that is an engagement with the global marches against Trump's election as US President will appear in August 2018 with Imbali Press.
Don't blame women for leaving fields like engineering. Blame bad attitudes
Aug 28, 2018 15:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
There are reasons why feminists use the slogan the personal is political, especially when men make arguments using the age old idea that biology is destiny. Manglin Pillay, the CEO of the South African Institution of...
South Africa may finally be marching towards solutions to sexual violence
Aug 13, 2018 15:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views
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