Women's Rights

Women in the Middle East North African region pushing back against patriarchy

Article Hussein Solomon - 14 Mar 2020

The scales are still tilted in favour of men, but younger people with tertiary education have less discriminatory attitudes

Mental healthcare must back peace efforts

Africa Maggie Litgen - 13 Sep 2019

Examples from Rwanda and Sierra Leone can be incorporated into transitional justice frameworks

Sigh. I’m still protesting

Article Amanda Gouws 1 - 13 Sep 2019

Women may be tired but we must continue to fight abuse for the sake of the new generation

SA’s women are fighting for social justice remarkable women

Article Shaazia Ebrahim & Timothy Fish Hodgson - 23 Aug 2019

Female activists are at the forefront of claiming socioeconomic rights through the courts

Proposed New Zealand abortion law to give women right to choose

Article Agency - 5 Aug 2019

The government plans to overhaul the country's current abortion laws

How to get women’s voices heard in African politics

Africa Nic Cheeseman & Susan Dodsworth - 23 Jul 2019

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

Women have the power to swing the 2019 election

Article Amanda Gouws - 6 May 2019

But none of the parties has made gender issues a core element of their campaigns except for the Women Forward Party

Sexual harassment still plagues the workplace

Article Erica Emdon - 29 Apr 2019

Institutions can set up a gender equity unit such as the one at Wits University to assist victims

Today, we are all women

Article Michel Sidibe & Monica Geingos - 8 Mar 2019

Women and men must together gather the resolve it takes for change to take hold everywhere

Why African democracies are failing women — and what we can do to fix it

Africa Nic Cheeseman & Susan Dodsworth - 8 Mar 2019

How can we better measure democracy to reflect women’s lived reality?

Customary wives in fight against marital abuse

Article bogdan TagDiv - 1 Feb 2019

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

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

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20th Edition of the National Teaching Awards

Staff Reporter - 23 Mar 2020

Teachers are seldom recognised but they are indispensable to the country's education system

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Awards affirm the vital work that teachers do

Thabo Mohlala - 23 Mar 2020

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2020 Humanities Award winners reflect a contribution to diversity and social justice, echoing South Africa’s socioeconomic condition

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Dimension Data launches Saturday School in PE

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