Women Empowerment

Go figure how women make a difference

Article Staff Reporter - 1 Feb 2019

At the current rate of progress, it will take more than 200 years to achieve gender equality and female empowerment at work

Africa’s women belong at the top

Africa Staff Reporter - 13 Sep 2018

'While many girls possess leadership qualities, social, political, and economic barriers stymie their potential,' writes Joyce Banda.

Getting from point A to point B safely

Article Welcome Lishivha - 27 Jul 2018

South African drivers like to make up their own rules

Saudi Arabian women receive driving licenses for the first time

Article bogdan TagDiv - 5 Jun 2018

Women who have driver’s licenses from other countries can now exchange them for Saudi licenses

Fresh approach to women’s liberation: Femme opens up spaces for young women

Article bogdan TagDiv - 12 Aug 2016

Three creatives are using their company, Freedom of Education Motivates Empowerment, to raise social awareness at high schools

Reading Naked Girls Reading: Are we dismantling or reinforcing gendered expression?

Article Jessie Cohen - 22 Jul 2016

Adhering to normative aesthetics should be avoided when attempting to empower the natural.

Women make real difference to peace

Article Comment Author - 17 Oct 2015

Peace negotiations influenced by women are more likely to end in agreement and to endure.

Kabul skateboarding school comes to Jozi

Article bogdan TagDiv - 29 Apr 2015

What began in Afghanistan to inspire confidence in girls has landed in the parks and on the rooftops of Jo'burg's inner city.

A call to rethink the dearth of women landowners in Africa

Africa Staff Reporter - 17 Nov 2014

Displacement, climate change and entrenched abuse block the support women need to enter the agriculture sector, and to be able own land.

Cold comfort for Rwanda

Article Amy Fallon - 19 Jun 2014

So much of the world is familiar with ice cream that it is difficult to imagine discovering it for the first time, as these Rwandan women did.

Innovative key ring raises the alarm about safety

Article Sapa - 1 Apr 2014

The Memeza Women Empowerment Project has developed a dual personal safety and household alarm for women and children living in townships.

Comment: Condoms – One size doesn’t fit all

Article Penny Parenzee - 13 Sep 2013

It makes 'people sense' for the government to invest in the sexual health needs of women.

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