Amanda Gouws – The Mail & Guardian

Amanda Gouws

Amanda Gouws is Professor of Political Science and holds a PhD from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in the USA. Her fields of specialisation are South African Politics and Gender Politics and Political Behavior.

Thought Leader

/ 15 June 2023

Woolies’s gay pride range: solidarity or profit?

Supporting the LGBTIQA+ community involves more than merely putting rainbows on clothes

By Amanda Gouws

Opinion

/ 9 August 2022

Rape is endemic in South Africa. Why the ANC government keeps missing the mark

South Africa has one of the highest rape statistics in the world, even higher than some countries at war

By Amanda Gouws

Article

/ 6 May 2019

Women have the power to swing the 2019 election

But none of the parties has made gender issues a core element of their campaigns except for the Women Forward Party

By Amanda Gouws