At least 66% of recent cases were performed by healthcare professionals, in an attempt to legitimise the practice
An independent, rigorous process for investigating complaints of abuse of power of a sexual nature must be set up to provide guidance for tribunal investigations
Sue Williamson’s new show opens in Joburg and a retrospective is coming soon
Gender-based violence often takes place at home or in intimate relationships, taking a traumatic toll on victims, their families and friends
The scales are still tilted in favour of men, but younger people with tertiary education have less discriminatory attitudes
Examples from Rwanda and Sierra Leone can be incorporated into transitional justice frameworks
Women may be tired but we must continue to fight abuse for the sake of the new generation
Female activists are at the forefront of claiming socioeconomic rights through the courts
The government plans to overhaul the country’s current abortion laws
Getting women into politics is only half of the challenge. The second half is to make sure that women are not only seen, but also heard
But none of the parties has made gender issues a core element of their campaigns except for the Women Forward Party
Institutions can set up a gender equity unit such as the one at Wits University to assist victims
Women and men must together gather the resolve it takes for change to take hold everywhere
How can we better measure democracy to reflect women’s lived reality?
Depending on the resources they have access to, women can call family meetings to shame their husbands or use the full weight of statutory law
At the current rate of progress, it will take more than 200 years to achieve gender equality and female empowerment at work
A new report by Amnesty International has urged governments around the world to prioritise making resources available for the empowerment of women
The UN Human Rights Committee calls on France to review its 2010 law banning women from covering their faces in public
Women around the world tell a similar tale of tilling the land and producing food but being denied secure rights to land
The lifting of the Saudi driving ban is not motivated by concern for women’s rights, but rather strategic interest.
The international media and her supporters continue to hoist Johnson Sirleaf up as the matron of African women’s rights. But does she deserve it?
‘We’ve come to pray in this park because this is where the bodies of our children are always dumped, in the veld’
Stella Nyanzi is being kept in prison to prevent her criticising government, her supporters say.
The harsh reality is that progressive gender work in Southern Africa is being hamstrung by changing economic realities in the north.
One in four people living in the EU say rape may be justified "under certain circumstances", according to a new report.
We should be overjoyed that the focus is on women, but the way the media deals with this is generally underwhelming.
Though not as widely known as she perhaps should have been, Phyllis Ntantala-Jordan spent her life advocating for the rights of different people.
Many people don’t know it exists, and those who do don’t feel that it is improving their lives.
Ruth Hopkins interviewed five women who are or were jailed in Pollsmoor Prison. They spoke of being traumatised by the appalling conditions.
Women chiefs are playing an increasingly important role in the country’s development, advocating for women’s and children’s rights.
Swaziland’s chief legal adviser has his knickers in a knot over a ‘threat’ posed to the patriarchal kingdom.
Is the right to safe and enjoyable sex less important than other women’s rights?