How social media
can entrench old
inequalities
Like the rest of the world, South Africans are evolving steadily in...
Tamara Mathebula
Gender-based violence should be recognised as an economic issue too
The first week in September the World Economic Forum took place in...
Jennifer Smout
21 years after the Domestic Violence Act, we should be doing better
Maya Angelou, civil rights activist and woman writer is quoted as saying...
Voices Will a 50/50 leadership translate to a just, humane, safer SA for women?
Will having a higher percentage of women in political leadership...
Nthabiseng Moleko
SAPS data on gender-based violence falls short of illustrating the real problem
In a country where the extent of gender-based violence and femicide...
Empower women
and the entire nation
will grow
South Africa is facing a national crisis of rape, violence and femicide...
Politicians, know this: Empower women and the entire nation will grow
Walking in the streets, being in the workplace, even sitting at home or being...
As a woman,
what does the budget
mean for me?
Globally surpassing our counterparts, we have the highest level of...
Women must be
the focus of
land redistribution
A woman’s ability to own, inherit and control land and property is vital...
Lessons for men
in Ma Sisulu's
legacy
The late Albertina Sisulu was a stalwart who played a significant role in ...
Gender blindness as a source of inadvertent secondary victimisation
A few weeks ago women of this country unleashed their stealth in raising...
Gender inequalities hinder
full attainment of human rights
for all
Despite having a Constitution which describes equality as a fundamental...
Sediko Rakolote
Sex offence
figures questioned
On October 24, the SAPS, under the leadership of Police Minister Fikile Mbalula...
Being gay is the elephant
in the room
We can’t just sweep the widespread homophobia in SA under the carpet...
Mbuyiselo Botha
Men-on-men violence
is the norm
As South Africans, we have murdered more than 500 000 of our own since...
It starts with
just one man
At 26, in the prime of my life, I was shot and paralysed by a bullet fired...