Women will have to mentor each other because men feel threatened by the passing on of knowledge to a woman who might one day take their place.
Sisters definitely have to do it for themselves, particularly in the business and academic world, because men will not relinquish their power positions easily, says Professor Boitumelo Diale, vice-dean and head of department in educational psychology at the University of Johannesburg. Diale said: “The growth and pace of women empowerment, especially after democracy, is still very small and the narrative of women always having to struggle needs to end.” Executive director in education...
Executive director in education and programmes at Johannesburg Business School Tumisang Nkosi said although there was continued progress in institutions, there was still a lot of work to be done. While it was important to explore the history of the institutions and establish their post-apartheid transformation policies, advisor in higher education professional development at Stellenbosch University Dr Jean Lee Farmer said the number of black women in South Africa who acquired undergraduate degrees had increased more than any other population group.
Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance communications manager and advocate for woman empowerment Petunia Thulo said the struggle of black women in South African academia is a major issue, as women rarely make it through.“There are quite a lot of things as which women have to work twice as hard to achieve, reflecting the difficulty to be seen and acknowledged in that space,” she said.
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