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Yandisa Sikweyiya
Researcher at University of the Witwatersrand
Publications - 83
Citations - 4289
Yandisa Sikweyiya is an academic researcher from University of the Witwatersrand. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Domestic violence. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 69 publications receiving 3507 citations. Previous affiliations of Yandisa Sikweyiya include Medical Research Council & South African Medical Research Council.
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Perceptions and experiences of research participants on gender-based violence community based survey: implications for ethical guidelines.
TL;DR: Among women with interpersonal violence history or currently in abusive relationships, full survey content disclosure was done with fear; the partner responses were negative, and few women reported receiving threatening remarks but none reported being assaulted.
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Rape perpetration by young, rural South African men: Prevalence, patterns and risk factors
Rachel Jewkes,Kristin Dunkle,Mary P. Koss,Jonathan Levin,Mzikazi Nduna,Nwabisa Jama,Yandisa Sikweyiya +6 more
TL;DR: There was considerable overlap between rape-associated factors and known HIV risk factors, suggesting a need for further research on the interface of rape and HIV, and integrated prevention programming.
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Transactional sex with casual and main partners among young South African men in the rural Eastern Cape: prevalence, predictors, and associations with gender-based violence.
Kristin Dunkle,Rachel Jewkes,Mzikazi Nduna,Nwabisa Jama,Jonathan Levin,Yandisa Sikweyiya,Mary P. Koss +6 more
TL;DR: The strong and consistent association between perpetration of gender-based violence and both giving and getting material goods from female partners suggests that transactional sex in both main and casual relationships should be viewed within a broader continuum of men's exercise of gendered power and control.
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Gender Inequitable Masculinity and Sexual Entitlement in Rape Perpetration South Africa: Findings of a Cross-Sectional Study
TL;DR: The logistic regression model showed that having raped was associated with greater adversity in childhood, having been raped by a man and higher maternal education, and drug use, gang membership and a higher score on the dimensions of psychopathic personality.
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Hegemonic masculinity: combining theory and practice in gender interventions.
Rachel Jewkes,Robert Morrell,Jeff Hearn,Jeff Hearn,Jeff Hearn,Emma Lundqvist,David Blackbeard,Graham Lindegger,Michael Quayle,Yandisa Sikweyiya,Lucas Gottzén +10 more
TL;DR: The practical translational challenges of using gender theory broadly, and hegemonic masculinity in particular, are discussed in a Swedish case study of the intervention Machofabriken [The Macho Factory], and it is illustrated how the concept is brought to life in this activist work with men.