Question

Roles of South African media with regard to gender based violence

Answer 1

Answer:

once again brought the issue of gender-based violence (GBV) at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), to the media’s attention as well to the attention of the general South African public. However, sexual violence on campuses in South Africa has been a long-standing issue. Similarly, there have been students actively challenging this violence from as early as the 1980s. This is reflected in De Klerk et al.’s (2007) “The habitus of the dominant”, which discusses sexual violence, and student activism in response to it, at Rhodes University over a 20-year period (1984 – 2004