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Patriarchy’s counteroffensive: meet the international anti-feminism lobby

4th Dec 2019 Equal Times 0

In August 2018, Argentina’s Senate rejected a bill to decriminalise abortion. Two months earlier, amid a historic gathering of the feminist movement on the streets, […]

America’s right is lobbying against South Africa’s sex education syllabus

2nd Dec 2019 Haley McEwen 0

Conservative “pro-family” advocacy groups with US ties are targeting increasingly inclusive sex education lesson plans being developed by the South African education department as part of the […]

Gender-based violence in Khayelitsha becoming more violent

25th Nov 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence seems way too little concern about the war on women.

Safe sanitation for all: the least glamorous part of the battle against poverty

21st Nov 2019 Equal Times 0

If the face is the mirror of the soul – as Cicero would have it – the toilet is the mirror of society as a […]

Women in informal settlements complain of dirty and unsafe toilets

19th Nov 2019 Mzi Velapi Tandeka Bafo 0

The Water Services Act 108 of 1997 provides for the right to a basic water supply and sanitation service but the lived experiences of women in informal settlements of Khayelitsha tell how just using the toilet can be dangerous.

In Mexico, domestic workers are defending their labour and human rights

11th Nov 2019 Equal Times 0

A 2013 study by the International Labour Organization (ILO) found that there were at least 52 million domestic workers in the world, the majority of them women. […]

Breast cancer treatment limited in public hospitals

5th Nov 2019 Tandeka Bafo 0

October every year is breast cancer awareness month but public health services to treat it still fall short of need.

Farmworkers tell of poor working and living conditions

17th Oct 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

The fact that farmworkers work the land under working and living conditions that have not changed since the Western Cape strike of 2012 should be […]

Pakistan makes uneven progress in the fight for gender equality

11th Oct 2019 Equal Times 0

In Pakistan women don’t just have to contend with glass ceilings. They are hemmed-in by walls and barriers of every construction. Look at most international […]

The Purest Choice: the Egyptian mothers standing up to female genital mutilation

4th Oct 2019 Equal Times 0

According to the World Health Organization, Female genital mutilation (FGM) “includes procedures that intentionally alter or cause injury to the female genital organs for non-medical […]

The ongoing struggle to end gender-based violence in Spain

3rd Oct 2019 Equal Times 0

On 17 December 1997, public awareness of gender-based violence saw a radical and lasting change in Spain. On that day, Ana Orantes, a 60-year-old woman, […]

#TotalShutDown protest highlights gender-based violence and poor policing

25th Sep 2019 Mzi Velapi Sinethemba Mbewana Sinethemba Cawe 0

The #TotalShutDown protest in Cape Town blocked roads a year after first attempting to stop traffic to highlight violence in communities, poor policing and a lack of service delivery.

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