Palesa Lebitse

Patients often pay deference to their physicians and can be taken advantage of in the sanctity of consulting rooms

They don’t seek help for medical problems in general and when they suffer from depression, it can be fatal

The issue of abuse of power, contrary to how it is often tackled, is not just about gender

Women also abuse men, siblings abuse siblings, parents abuse children and it’s all bad

Many students seem unaware of policies and lack the knowledge to name sexual violations as such

Women around the world tell a similar tale of tilling the land and producing food but being denied secure rights to land

The phenomenon of child brides amounts to state-sanctioned statutory rape

It takes political mobilisation, education, laws and economic opportunities

Yet these skilled professionals are discriminated against by their colleagues

Postpartum depression in men is real and it may be linked to testosterone levels

The uproar over research about those who rue having a surgical transition obscures real issues

Sexual assault survivors are silenced by societal prejudice, lack of support from their community or family, secondary trauma and rape myths.

Many women are reluctant to report physical assault to the police but, even when they do, they are met with a slumbering justice system

Half the time problems with conceiving lie with the man, yet it’s women who get stigmatised

The crimes must be investigated and prosecuted in a particular way