The impact of the gender policy in a higher education institution in Mozambique: the case study of the University Eduardo Mondlane

Abstract

Die doel van hierdie tesis was om die impak van die implementering van die Geslagsbeleid by die Universiteit Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) te ontleed. Vir hierdie doel het ek ʼn kwalitatiewe studie gedoen en oorspronklike empiriese data ingesamel deur vraelyste, fokusgroepbesprekings en individuele onderhoude. My navorsingsdeelnemers was lede van die Universiteitsraad, werknemers van die Eenheid vir Geslagskwessies, geslagsfokuspunte en geselekteerde lede van die akademiese gemeenskap (nagraadse studente, administratiewe personeel en dosente). Hierdie deelnemers is doelbewus gekies op grond van hul veronderstelde kennis van die onderwerp van studie. Ek het 13 individuele onderhoude met lede van die Universiteitsraad tematiese ontleed, asook vier fokusgroepbesprekings (twee met werknemers van die Eenheid vir Geslagskwessies en twee met geslagsfokuspunte) en 27 vraelyste is voltooi deur geselekteerde lede van die UEM se akademiese gemeenskap. Oor die algemeen toon my bevindinge dat die Geslagsbeleid onsistematies by UEM geïmplementeer is om ʼn verskeidenheid redes wat uit my data na vore kom.

The aim of this thesis was to analyze the impact of the implementation of the Gender Policy at the University Eduardo Mondlane. For this purpose I conducted a qualitative study, gathering original empirical data through questionnaires, focus group discussions, and individual interviews. My research participants were University Council members, Gender Unit employees, gender focal points, and selected academic community members (postgraduate students, administrative staff, and lecturers). These participants were purposively selected based on their presumed knowledge of the subject of study. I conducted thematic analyses on 13 individual interviews with University Council members, four focus group discussions (two with the Gender Unit employees and two with Gender Focal Points), and 27 questionnaires applied to selected members of the UEM academic community. Overall, my findings show that the Gender Policy has been unsystematically implemented at UEM for a variety of reasons that emerge from my data.

Inhloso yalo mqingo kwakungukuhlaziya umthelela wokusetshenziswa kweNqubomgomo ngoBulili eNyuvesi yase-Eduardo Mondlane. Ngale nhloso, ngenza ucwaningo lobunjalobotho, ngokuqoqa imininingo yasensimini yangempela ngokusebenzisa uhlamibuzo, izingxoxo zamaqoqo abantu abacwaningwayo, kanye nezingxoxo nomuntu ngamunye. Ababambiqhaza bocwaningo lwami babengamalunga esiGungu esiphezulu seNyuvesi, abasebenzi boMnyango wezoBulili, isizinda esigxile ngezobulili, kanye namalunga omphakathi akhethekile ezokufunda kwaseNyuvesi (abafundi asebeneziqu, abasebenzi basemahhovisi, kanye nabafundisi). Laba ababambiqhaza bakhethwa ngenhloso kuncike olwazini abanalo mayelana nesihloko socwaningo. Ngenza uhlaziyo ngokwezindikimba ezingxoxweni nabantu abayi-13 namalunga esiGungu esiphezulu saseNyuvesi, izingxoxo zamaqoqo amane abantu abacwaningwayo (amabili nabasebenzi boMnyango wezoBulili kanye namabili ezizinda ezigxile kwezobulili), kanye nohlamibuzo olungama-27 lwasetshenziswa kumalunga akhethekile omphakathi wezokufunda ze-UEM. Sekukonke, imiphumela yami iveza ukuthi iNqubomgomo ngoBulili ibingasetshenziswa ngendlela eqondile e-UEM ngenxa yezizathu ezahlukene ezivela emininingweni yami.

Sepheo sa mosebetsi ona wa diphuputso ke ho sekaseka sekgahla sa ho sebedisa Leano la Bong Yunivesithing ya Eduardo Mondlane. Bakeng sa ho fihlella sepheo sena, mofuputsi o sebedisitse mokgwa wa ho bua. Mofuputsi o bokeletse deitha ka mokgwa wa manane a dipotso, dihlopha tse buisanang ka seo, le puisano ka bong. Ba bileng le seabo dipatlisisong tsena, ebile ditho tsa Khansele ya Yunivesithi, basebetsi ba Yuniti ya Bong, mmoho le ba ikamahanyang le tsa bong, (ba babedi ba basebetsi ba Yuniti ya Bong le ba babedi ba Focal Points ya Bong), ha dipotso tse 27 di lebisitswe ho ba itseng ba lefapha la ho ruta la UEM. Ka kakaretso, diphihlello tsa mofuputsi di bontsha hore Leano la Bong le sebedisitswe hampe mona UEM ho ya ka mabaka a mangata a hlahang ho data ya mofuputsi.