{"id":4956,"date":"2025-06-19T22:23:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T22:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/submission-in-the-context-of-gender-equality-an-obstacle-to-curbing-violence-against-women-in-intimate-relationships\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T03:20:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T03:20:45","slug":"submission-in-the-context-of-gender-equality-an-obstacle-to-curbing-violence-against-women-in-intimate-relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/submission-in-the-context-of-gender-equality-an-obstacle-to-curbing-violence-against-women-in-intimate-relationships\/","title":{"rendered":"Submission in the Context of Gender Equality: An Obstacle to Curbing Violence against Women in Intimate Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: <strong>Submission in the Context of Gender Equality: An Obstacle to Curbing Violence against Women in Intimate Relationships<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/1525' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download PDF: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/1525\/1067' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>Despite the South African Bill of Rights, which envisages equality and protection of women against violence, discrimination and harmful practices, women in South Africa still experience a violation of their rights. Most women in intimate relationships are deprived of the right to equality with their male counterparts by virtue of their gender and the subordinate positions ascribed to them by, among others, tradition, religion, and socialisation. A critical analysis of women\u2019s subordinate positions confirms that there is an impediment in the pursuit of gender equality and transformation.This article critically analyses how these subordinate positions hinder gender equality and frustrates the transformation agenda somewhat. The article highlights the consequences of women\u2019s subordination in intimate relationships and suggests practical and ideological interventions to address the gender imbalances that perpetuate the oppression of women in South Africa.<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Goitseone Leburu (University of South Africa, South Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Phuti Kgadima (University of South Africa, South Africa)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>women subordination, women empowerment, gender equality, patriarchy<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: Submission in the Context of Gender Equality: An Obstacle to Curbing Violence against Women&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[2153,1295,1296,1294,1293],"class_list":["post-4956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-ajims","tag-gender-equality","tag-patriarchy","tag-women-empowerment","tag-women-subordination","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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