Opinion

‘Positive Masculinity’ changing the game in Africa

‘Positive Masculinity’ changing the game in Africa

The majority of those displaced in emergencies are women and girls, increasing their risk of sexual violence. Girls are forced into child marriage or transactional sex, both last resorts when food is scarce

Confronting our innate perceptions to tackle gender-based violence

Confronting our innate perceptions to tackle gender-based violence

We cannot treat GBV only at its point of eruption. We must go upstream to the formation of identity and gender norms. This means funding and institutionalising programmes that work with boys and men, teaching and empowering them that manhood is not domination, that power does not have to harm, and that accountability is a form of strength.

Errol Musk and apartheid amnesia

Errol Musk and apartheid amnesia

The truly astonishing part of Musk’s interview was his insistence that apartheid did not oppress Black people because he personally did not witness any oppression