Mx Aneeqa Abrahams

• Mx Aneeqa Abrahams is a developing intersectional feminist with a strong interest in bridging the gaps of psychology with the use of intersectionality. Aneeqa graduated from the University of the Western Cape in 2017 with a Bachelor’s Degree majoring in Psychology, Gender Studies and Sociology, and completed her Honours Degree Psychology in 2018. Aneeqa is in the process of obtaining her Master’s Degree in research with the Gender Studies department and integrated aspects of psychology into her research in order to holistically understand the experiences of people of colour in the contemporary world. Aneeqa is a volunteer trauma counsellor at her local SAPS station and at a rehabilitation centre in an under-resourced area. For the past three years, Aneeqa has been involved in the SD’s National Mentorship Programme and serves as a mentor and senior moderator in 2021. In addition, she is the Western Cape Regional Representative and also participates in the Community Development subcommittee in the Western Cape. Her presentation, entitled “Die manskap”: The intersections of masculinity, class and coloured identities among young men in Cape town, explores how young ‘coloured’ men navigate their social world as raced, gendered, and classed individuals in Western Cape, Cape Town. The study will examine the intersections of their lived experiences of these young men in terms of their understanding of masculinity, heterosexuality ‘colouredness’, violence and class. The research study used a qualitative feminist methodology and analysed data through an intersectional lens while using the photovoice method to gather data. The study consisted of 7 young men who all self-identified as male, heterosexual and self-identify as ‘coloured’, aged between 17-19 at the time of data collection. Furthermore, the study allows participants the opportunity to present their (lived) realities within this positionality. It hopes to provide an in-depth understanding and representation of ‘coloured’ identities and masculinity in the contemporary.

• Participation on Humanity Rising

See Also

• HR!Day251 - Shapeshifting and Identity: A Dialogue at the Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality| Shapeshifting and Identity: A Dialogue at the Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality