Patriarchy

Death penalty won’t stop sexual violence

Article Gushwell Brooks - 31 Jan 2020

It will take the end of patriarchy and an efficient justice system to jail more offenders

EDITORIAL: ConCourt finds patriarchy guilty

Article Editorial - 13 Dec 2019

The main judgment of acting judge Rammaka Mathopo starkly exposes the irrationality, rooted in patriarchy

Patriarchy, migration fuel Afrophobia

Article Leslie Bank - 11 Oct 2019

City streets are ‘washed’ to cleanse them of work competitors and for moral, cultural and social restoration

‘Manning up’ fuels male anxiety

Article Linda Christensen - 26 Jul 2019

The stigma of mental health disorders stops men from seeking help, often resulting in the adoption of destructive coping mechanisms

Nigeria’s poisonous patriarchy

Africa Ibitoye Segun Emmanuel - 2 Jul 2019

Many in Nigeria believe that familial and even societal honor depends on women’s complicity, purity, and silence

UN agency adopts convention on harrassment at work

Article Charlene May - 29 Jun 2019

The convention is critical in terms of promoting and protecting the rights of working women

The humanities can cure our colonial, patriarchal hangover

Article bogdan TagDiv - 28 May 2019

Two academic articles raise questions about the inherent racism and sexism in scientific methodologies and research ethics

Chip, but don’t break walls of patriarchy

Article Srila Roy - 17 May 2019

When feminist harassment work becomes too successful, universities ensure that it is undone

We are all partners in the elimination of Gender-Based Violence

Article bogdan TagDiv - 23 Nov 2018

The Critical Thinking Forum focused on the higher education sector but it became clear that this is a manifestation of a broader social issue

Love will win when I can’t protect him

Article Zukiswa Wanner - 26 Oct 2018

"Perhaps a feminist deity gave birth to feminist sons so they could raise the sort of men they would have wanted to be surrounded by."

Land reform needs to change society

Article William Gumede Author - 12 Oct 2018

Attempts at agricultural transformation in Africa have failed largely because of revenge and populist and ideologically driven reforms

Patriarchy is no effing joke

Article Dineo Bendile - 7 Sep 2018

Mandisa Mashego said she believed the behaviour of men in the EFF was a reflection of wider society.

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