Preliminary notes - acknowledgements

• Date: 14 September 2020
• Published date: 14 September 2020

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Special acknowledgement

Since Professor Rashida Manjoo is a co-editor of this

volume of articles, we could not dedicate this collection to

her. However, we would like to acknowledge the role that

Prof Manjoo has played in the struggle against violence

against women. Whether as a professor of law at UCT, a

parliamentary commissioner on South Africa’s Commission on

Gender Equality, or the United Nations Special Rapporteur

on Violence Against Women, Prof Manjoo has always pursued

equalit y and the full enjoyment of huma n rights for all women.

Her curriculum vitae is evidence of a long and il lustrious

career dedicated to the passionate pursuit of improving the

lived experiences of women.

In this short dedication, we would like to reect on Prof

Manjoo’s role as a colleague and a mentor to us. Throughout

the course of this project and throughout our years as sta 

members at UCT, Prof Manjoo has been one of the senior

black women academics who has specically and deliberately

created opportunities for young academics, particularly black

women. Within the academy, Prof Manjoo has been an ear for

discontent, an eye over institutional injustice, and has used her

rank to air many a grievance on behalf of those colleagues in

more precarious pos itions. Her warmth and humour encour age

academic and non-academic sta alike and we all seek out her

reassuring advice. It is to her credit that her work is not only

academic, but is also borne out in her interactions with others,

especial ly other women.

As Prof Manjoo prepares for retirement at the end of

2020, we could not miss this opportunity to thank her for her

support, mentorship and friendship over the past six years. We

know that the mark that she has made on us and on others in

the academy and beyond will endure.

Jameelah Omar

and

Nolundi Luwaya

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