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Turning the weapon on the attacker: Monica Geingos shared a video in which she spoke about the harassment and abuse she has faced, particularly online, adding that when women speak out on gender abuse ‘there is always a backlash’. Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images/Concordia Summit
FEMINISM
Video

Namibia’s first lady Monica Geingos fights social media trolls

When Monica Geingos became first lady of Namibia she received a deluge of abuse, but she extinguishes it by holding it up to the light.

  • Samira Sawlani
  • The Continent
8 min read
Repressive: At least 80 people were injured in Eswatini on 20 October 20 when security forces cracked down on pro-democracy protests in the kingdom. (AFP/Getty Images)
AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES RIGHTS

Little justice for gender-based violence cases in Eswatini

A report details how medical and legal shortages and discrimination curtails survivors’ rights

  • Shaazia Ebrahim
4 min read
Research shows that starting sex education at a young age can decrease the number of gender-based violence cases and teenage pregnancies. (Oupa Nkosi)
16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM OF NO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN

The quiet violence of inaction — we need to do better on gender-based violence

The only long-term solution to ending violence against women and children lies in funded, broadscale, multi-tier and multi-dimensional social education and reform efforts

  • Jarred Martin
3 min read