Latest articles on Gender Equality

The fight for equality in domestic relationships goes to the courts

Opinion Charlene May - 8 Jul 2020

What could be a landmark case seeking recognition for a woman’s right to inheritance and maintenance in the event of her partner’s death, is currently being adjudicated

What the Harvey Weinstein case can teach us about a complainant-centred process

Analysis Crystal Dicks - 2 Mar 2020

The verdict highlights a number of critical issues required to build systems, processes and advocacy when it comes to working in the space of gender-based violence

Gender-based violence is a barrier to achieving development agenda

Analysis Tlaleng Mofokeng - 26 Feb 2020

Modern development strategies often recognise the pivotal importance of enabling women to fulfill their potential and contribute effectively to their economies. Yet they fail to recognise the need for concerted action to protect women from violence

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

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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

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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

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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

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Transgender rights: Vital case heads to Equality Court

Article Staff Reporter - 24 May 2018

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

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Welsh leader pledges to create a gender equal government

Article Staff Reporter - 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.

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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.

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

Article Staff Reporter - 22 Sep 2016

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

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The tender that keeps on giving

Athandiwe Saba - 18 Sep 2020

A battle between three North West departments has exposed how a firm was paid half a billion rand (and counting) for a R122-million contract

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Refugees the scapegoat of SA’s ills

Birgit Schwarz - 17 Sep 2020

A girl’s experience tells the story of xenophobia and how it robbed her of a sense of belonging

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SANDF mum on serial rapist claim

Sabelo Skiti - 17 Sep 2020

An internal report on sexual offences at a military academy says the defence force failed a deceased rape victim and has called for an internal investigation

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special reports - 15 Sep 2020

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special reports - 12 Sep 2020

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