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Judicial tribunal forces legal community to rethink sexual harassment
Experts say sexual harassment remains pervasive in South Africa’s legal system, especially among candidate attorneys and court secretaries
The ‘radical birth keeper’ involved in twin baby deaths
Negligence of ‘birth keeper’ could have caused death of twins, who were stillborn.
Women living with HIV continue fight against forced sterilisation
Feminist activist groups still demand justice for human-right violations against women living with HIV
The fight for equality in domestic relationships goes to the courts
What could be a landmark case seeking recognition for a woman’s right to inheritance and maintenance in the event of her partner’s death, is currently being adjudicated
Women farmworkers call for labour centres to be opened
Many womxn who live and work on farms have suffered immensely during the Covid-19 lockdown
The controversial Strandfontein shelter shows the importance of monitoring womxn’s rights during a crisis
Our government’s Covid-19 response and regulations must be subject to stringent monitoring to ensure womxn’s safety and security. This is why the Women’s Legal Centre will be an…
Zuma’s wives in a very tricky spot
Jacob Zuma’s wives are no doubt well advised, and seem to have no end of uncles, columnists and pundits counselling them and Zuma on whether they should marry Zuma and whether or…