Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Acronyms
Diagrams
Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Feminist Institutionalism: Views from the South, Amanda Gouws
Section One
A History of the Commission for Gender Equality
Chapter 1
Imagining a New World: A Brief History of the South African Feminist Experiment in Institutionalism, Shireen Hassim
Chapter 2
Governance, Governmentality and Power in the Commission on Gender Equality 1997 – 2016, Sheila Meintjes
Chapter 3
In the Belly of the Commission for Gender Equality: Of Structural Problems and Straitjackets, Amanda Gouws
Chapter 4
The Battle Machine, or How to undo a Commission for Gender Equality, Lisa Vetten
Section Two
Successes of the Feminist Imaginary in the Commission for Gender Equality
Chapter 5
A Feminist Footprint? The Commission for Gender Equality and the Courts, Cathi Albertyn
Chapter 6
The Commission for Gender Equality – Leveraging Constitutional Rights to Gender Equality, Janine Hicks
Section Three
The Feminist Losing Battle in the State
Chapter 7
The Journey through Women’s Organisations, Parliament and the Commission for Gender Equality: Reflections of a Gender Diva, Gertrude Fester
Chapter 8
A Rapid Undoing: From an Integrated Set of Structures to a Single Ministry, Philile Ntuli
Chapter 9
Lip servicing the budgets: An Institutional Response to Gender Budgeting, Joy Watson
Chapter 10
‘Problem Representations’ and the National Gender Machinery in South Africa: A Case of Meaning in Motion, Ubanesia Adams-Jack
Section Four
In Abeyance of the State
Chapter 11
The Road to the National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide in South Africa: The Impact of African Feminist Direct Action and Protest, Simamkele Dlakavu
Afterword
References
Appendices
About the Authors