Women in Africa should not be viewed as having ‘special negotiating skills’. Instead, we should motivate for more women in leadership positions because of their equality as citizens
Our society remains carved up because differences are viewed as weaknesses
Women may be tired but we must continue to fight abuse for the sake of the new generation
One African feminist’s view on how social media clout chasing has stalled progressive politics
The Jamaican-Nigerian writer explores living between cultures in her first short story collection
When feminist harassment work becomes too successful, universities ensure that it is undone
But none of the parties has made gender issues a core element of their campaigns except for the Women Forward Party
The arid Karoo was fertile soil for the writing of a young, white, female agnostic in the late 1800s and she is an example of a decolonised mind
Kate Rogan of LoveBooks has a special place for books for her younger readers across all age groups. Here she gives recommendations for 2018
Women have to unite in a country and parts of the world where the ultimate subjugation is death
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The heterosexual community is not the only group responsible for gender suppression
‘In many areas, urban space is, by default, male space’
Exploring the violence of black men through the writings of Darnell Moore gives some answers
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Dineo Boshomane teaches people about slow-food farming, promoting organic food not boosted by chemical fertilisers
‘The answer is not to reject everything that comes to us in the name of culture,’ writes Amanda Khoza.
Women viewers are increasing and that could help to usher in the sex revolution we are hankering after
Though laws might no longer be interpreted this way, women have always been powerful
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The collection is absorbing but it lacks the reality and practical work done by local level organisers
In the early 21st century, millennial Indian women launched a radically new kind of feminist politics that had not been seen before.
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Those who provoke men are often spurned as ‘those things called the feminists’
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‘In MK, there was this belief that you don’t want to divert from the struggle by talking about women’s liberation and feminism’
In recent years, a new and assertive feminist movement has emerged and attacks on the president have become common cause
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The lifting of the Saudi driving ban is not motivated by concern for women’s rights, but rather strategic interest.
The international media and her supporters continue to hoist Johnson Sirleaf up as the matron of African women’s rights. But does she deserve it?
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“You can grow black scholarship anywhere but I can’t see how we can continue to do this work in white institutions”
Mental illness, feminism and racism are explored in a new collection of short stories by Rofhiwa Maneta
"A little rummaging through history shows us that the earliest forms of African feminism existed in pre-colonial Africa"
"Although one could argue that the spirit of the old Malema haunts the league’s current president, that rascal is largely buried."
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Don’t mourn for us. Rather protect us while we are still among you.
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Authors Megan Ross and Sibongile Fisher talk about the challenges of maintaining a balance between work and family.
Ericka Huggins, member of the Black Panther Party, advocated for needs-based activism in Cape Town
”I want my learners to be better than the communities they come from.”