Muses become the victims of forgotten history
A golden age of female achievement, buttressed by an acceptance in the sacred sphere, is now largely unknown.
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Glass half full now for SA's women
The ANC's policy documents on gender equality make for cautiously optimistic reading.
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Gender commission selection heeded civil society's needs
Committee chairperson clears issue of filling vacancies in the Gender commission.
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Tunisia's Ennahda puts focus on gender equality
The Islamist party that won Tunisia's first post-revolution election says it will elevate a decades-old gender equality statute to a basic law.
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Media's gender apartheid
Outgoing JSE chief executive Russell Loubser's recent slapping of a female M&G reporter's behind at a press conference serves as a metaphor.
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'Fight gender inequality by empowering men'
It might sound counterproductive, but any strategy to address violence against women has to work to empower men too, says Helen Joseph speaker.
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True leadership has no gender
How dreams of workplace equity give way to realistic goals for a multinational organisation, writes Sisonke Msimang.
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'Urgent need' to speed up empowerment of women
Extra measures need to be taken urgently to hasten the transformation and empowerment of women, Minister Lulu Xingwana has said.
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A change in mentality
The proportion of women students at UniZulu is much higher than the national average.
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African elections put fewer women in Parliament
Elections in East and Southern Africa have left fewer women in politics, placing countries at risk of not meeting equality targets, the UN said.
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