Mpunzana Thobeka

Department of Development Studies, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa, South Africa

Publications

• Research Article   
  The impact of poverty alleviation of women initiative on rural female headed households: A case of Amatikulu area, KwaZulu-Natal
  Author(s): Mpunzana Thobeka*
  
  In 2000, the United Nations developed the Millennium Development Goals, with goal number 3 aiming at poverty reduction, undoing feminized poverty and the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which reinforced this commitment. This resonates with challenges faced in South Africa since 1994. South Africa’s post-apartheid era has significantly been framed with experiencing increasing poverty, unemployment and inequality. The study is underpinned by womanism theory, which argues that black women have been oppressed because of their race and class. The study employed a qualitative research design to collect data. A total of ten (10) women were purposively selected from the Amatikulu community, in KwaZulu-Natal of South Africa. The semi-structured interviews were thematically analyzed to answer the research questions. Findings revealed that not only women were seen and discovered.. View More»
  

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