Gender Equality

Queen bees in the workplace want to keep all the honey for themselves

Article Aradhana Ramnund-Mansingh - 19 Feb 2020

The queen bee syndrome, whereby women in power consciously impede the development of other women in the workplace, is slowly gaining ground in South Africa

South Africa’s teen moms are on their own

Article Tebadi Mmotla - 9 Feb 2020

State health facilities and the school curriculum have failed the youth, forcing young mothers into unsupported single parenthood

Cellphones the front line for gender equality

Article Jessica Posner Odede - 8 Nov 2019

Access to cellphones is not an end in itself. Rather, it is a way to level the playing field not only through knowledge, but also through connection

Unequal educational outcomes are about more than enrolment

Article Manos Antoninis - 29 Aug 2019

Young people study from textbooks that reinforce stereotypes and omit women’s historical contributions

Women must lead, the rest will follow

Article Amanda April - 8 Aug 2019

Political parties will not be truly representative until gender quotas apply across the board, including at the very top

Countries fail to reach gender equality goal — report

Article Mashadi Kekana - 5 Jun 2019

A report measuring gender equality across 129 countries has found that none of the countries achieved an ‘excellent’ score of 90 out of 100

Transgender rights: Vital case heads to Equality Court

Article bogdan TagDiv - 24 May 2018

The Equality Court in Cape Town will soon hear a groundbreaking case on the rights of transgender prisoners

Welsh leader pledges to create a gender equal government

Article bogdan TagDiv - 22 May 2018

Carwyn Jones announced on Monday that he pledges to see transformation within the country

Exclusive: The ‘professional apartheid’ sidelining women at the African Union

Africa Simon Allison - 4 May 2018

Women staff object to ‘professional apartheid’ and routine discrimination at the AU Commission

Queer students battle for inclusion

Article Carl Collison - 14 Mar 2017

LGBTQI+ students continue to come up against heteronormative, patriarchal attitudes despite universities’ attempts to neutralise gender.

Gender barriers fall when men are exposed to change

Analysis Staff Reporter - 28 Sep 2016

Global studies reveal that first-hand experience alters fixed ideas about traditional roles.

SA universities’ professoriate needs more women but fares adequately by global standards

Article bogdan TagDiv - 22 Sep 2016

Although some might see the glass as half-full, the numbers of female professors are improving.

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