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June 09, 2026 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate

Gender and sexuality viewed through the lens of decolonial inquiry

Unisa's Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies hosted a dynamic seminar and lecture during Research and Innovation Week that brought together internationally renowned scholarship, interdisciplinary research and critical engagement with questions of race, gender, sexuality, religion and decoloniality.

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May 15, 2026 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisa lecture calls for a return to feminism as a lived, embodied practice

The university's Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies recently successfully hosted acclaimed scholar-activist Jessica Horn as part of its third annual lecture series, titled "Embodied African feminism: Transformative knowledge, justice and liberatory futures".

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May 16, 2023 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Lead, Featured, Corporate

Rebellious black femininities: Embodiments of freedom, desire and agency

Surrounded by strong black women her whole life inspired Dr Mbali Mazibuko to be a feminist activist. The youngest woman in the DGSS to attain her PhD in Women and Gender Studies says to develop a gender-just world sensitive to women's heterogenous experiences, changing contexts and socio-economic landscapes, we should work towards equity rather than a narrow framework of equality.

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February 20, 2023 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Lead, Featured, Corporate

Towards ending female genital mutilation by 2030

Marking the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, Unisa's Institute for Gender Studies reaffirmed its solidarity with and support of the campaign against this form of gender-based violence.

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September 21, 2022 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Lead, Featured, Corporate

Turning the page: In conversation with Jessica Lynn

The Institute of Gender studies recently hosted Jessica Lynn, who shared her personal transgender journey during a webinar in which she movingly discussed transitioning,

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