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The threat of rape helps keep the vulnerable in line

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Using an ever-present danger works to benefit men — no matter their education, profession, class or outward social behaviour

Simple interventions could cut violence against women

Opinion Robyn Porteous - 20 Feb 2021

Measures such as better street lighting, training the police and enforcing gun control can effect real change

The heavy price of pushing masculinity

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In the frantic pursuit of patriarchal ideas of manhood, boys often lose their ability to love — this paves the way for cruelty and violence

Maaza Mengiste: ‘We are now catching up with the past’

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As war drums beat again in Ethiopia, author Maaza Mengiste finds new language to memorialise the Second Italo-Ethiopian War

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Shattering the glass ceiling is not enough, the new auditor general must make ‘live’ audits the norm here in SA

Women are entitled to own land

Opinion Hloniphile Simelane - 18 Oct 2020

Too many laws and customs in too many African countries still treat women as minors

How embroidery broke the silence around women’s apartheid trauma

Opinion Puleng Segalo - 13 Oct 2020

By making embroideries, women move beyond and challenge categories and labels of “being vulnerable” or being perceived as “marginalised”

‘Pro-family’ campaigners ignore pregnant women dying during Covid lockdowns

Africa Arya Karijo & Lydia Namubiru - 10 Sep 2020

Conservative groups are fighting efforts to expand African women’s access to healthcare. Do they care about women all the time, or only when they’re procreating?

UN: SA recovery only in five years

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The latest report shows the South Africa’s women will be the hardest hit demographic of the economic downturn

Women are South Africa’s changemakers and they deserve more

Opinion Alef Meulenberg - 7 Aug 2020

The truth is the economy still largely revolves around men, especially white men like me, writes Alef Meulenberg.

Crime stats mark a bitter start to Women’s Month

Opinion Luke Waltham - 5 Aug 2020

We must celebrate women’s achievements this month while agitating for structural change, argues Luke Waltham

The danger of well-meaning men using the term ‘our women’

Opinion Babalwa Magoqwana - 29 Jul 2020

History shows that women have long been considered property by various social groups. These words perpetuate the idea

How to build a women-powered, green-energy transition

Opinion Irene Giner-Reichl - 16 Jul 2020

As the globe moves towards greener energy practices, more women must be included in this new growth sector, for the benefit of all

Why Uganda needs a Stella Nyanzi in Parliament

Africa Eric Mwine-Mugaju - 14 Jul 2020

Many Ugandans find Stella Nyanzi’s mode of protest, including vulgar insults and stripping to make a point, unsettling. But her challenge to the country’s patriarchy could bring much-needed reform

The cyclical politics of help

Friday Zaza Hlalethwa - 24 Jun 2020

Black women and trans artists are worthy of support but it should not come with terms and restrictions

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The threat of rape helps keep the vulnerable in line

Simple interventions could cut violence against women

The heavy price of pushing masculinity

Maaza Mengiste: ‘We are now catching up with the past’

Khaya Sithole: Tsakani Maluleke’s example – and challenge

Women are entitled to own land

How embroidery broke the silence around women’s apartheid trauma

‘Pro-family’ campaigners ignore pregnant women dying during Covid lockdowns

UN: SA recovery only in five years

Women are South Africa’s changemakers and they deserve more

Crime stats mark a bitter start to Women’s Month

The danger of well-meaning men using the term ‘our women’

How to build a women-powered, green-energy transition

Why Uganda needs a Stella Nyanzi in Parliament

The cyclical politics of help

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