Changing damaging socio-cultural norms that justify discrimination against women is a powerful form of resistance
It is essential that the needs of working mothers are accommodated
In June, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change released a report on the gender-differentiated impacts of climate change. Drawing on hundreds of peer-reviewed sources from around the world, the report painted a grim picture of how women are already facing significantly elevated risks of climate harm. The research also confirmed that climate change […]
An apartheid law that dispossessed black women of the assets accrued during their marriages has finally been scrapped after a Pinetown pensioner, facing impoverishment, went to court
Women are hit hardest by climate change – and they’re fighting back
Companies are trying to build community among workers. But this can have sinister side-effects
Last year it emerged that medical universities had routinely altered the admissions test scores of applicants to keep some of them out
Head of quality, Danone South Africa
Women who raise their voices against the sexism in this field do so at the risk of their careers
The scandal was uncovered by investigators looking into claims the university padded the scores of an education ministry bureaucrat’s son
This document sets out our list of demands to the state
Despite efforts to improve the status of women in the North African country, attitudes have been slow to change.
The church is yet to condemn Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, who is accused of making homophobic remarks.
With the SAPS perpetuating discrimination against gay and lesbian people, members of South Africa’s LGBTI community continue to fear the police.
The M&G’s first Rainbow fellow, Carl Collison, shares why issues affecting the LGBTI community on the continent are so important to him.
They believe they’re not taken seriously so a Cape Town conference was held to explore
solutions.
‘Her body, seen as an anomaly, is no longer hers. It “belongs” to sports bodies, media houses and quick-on-the-draw armchair pundits … ‘
Anger over the government’s absolute failure to tackling gender-based violence has seen a resurgence of gender activism – and it’s young and militant.
Fleek’s the new buzzword for trendy. But when it comes to what’s on your feet, only men can be fleek, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
A 16-year-old Islamic pupil writes about her school experience, which is different from the average, and how we can go about changing education.
A recent report says that intellectually disabled women in India are routinely locked up in institutions where they are "treated worse than animals".
Women just can’t catch a break: new research has shown that the rate of a woman’s wage growth slows after she gets married, whereas men’s increases.