Lesbians' children 'won't fit in'
A same-sex married couple have expressed their anger at the apparent reluctance of a Durban-based Christian school to accept their children.
Women leaders want more representation in Davos
Of the 2 500 movers and shakers who have descended on the picture-postcard Swiss ski resort, for the World Economic Forum, a mere 17% are women.
Morocco takes a step towards gender equality
Women's rights in Morocco are poised to improve with the probable scrapping of a law allowing rapists of minors to avoid jail by marrying them.
Man up to gender studies
To some, gender may seem to be an unimportant topic, a frivolous diversion from the more critical problems of poverty, war, disease or racism.
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Rape services under threat
Civil society services for rape survivors are being forced to scale back due to funding issues.
Women's rights: Will the real ANC please stand up?
The ANC's leaders risk erasing the long and painful history of women's struggle for equality. They could learn a thing or two from the youth league.
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.
Glass half full now for SA's women
The ANC's policy documents on gender equality make for cautiously optimistic reading.
Gender commission selection heeded civil society's needs
Committee chairperson clears issue of filling vacancies in the Gender commission.
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.
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.
'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.
True leadership has no gender
How dreams of workplace equity give way to realistic goals for a multinational organisation, writes Sisonke Msimang.
'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.
A change in mentality
The proportion of women students at UniZulu is much higher than the national average.
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.
No place for complacency in gender equity
South Africa has a balance of men and women in Parliament that would rival Nordic countries, but it shouldn't rest on its laurels.
Women's league wants 50:50
The ANC Women's League wants an Equality Bill that will extend the ANC's 50:50 gender quota to government institutions and the private sector.
Love hurts in the Boland
Despite the gasps at the university since the photo appeared in its student paper, reaction from beyond Stellenbosch has been warmly appreciative.
