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Violence against women

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.

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. […]

Too hungry to go to class: South Africa’s university students need better support

22nd Oct 2019 Stella Sabi 0

The South African university student population has changed over the past 20 years to reflect wider society more closely than before. It’s no surprise therefore […]

Are indigenous textile makers fashion’s latest victims?

21st Oct 2019 Equal Times 0

The Oma people, a small indigenous community in Laos, are the antithesis of the speed of today’s fashion industry. The streets of their small villages […]

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 […]

We did the sums on South Africa’s mental health spend. They’re not pretty

14th Oct 2019 Sumaiyah Docrat Crick Lund 0

South Africa has taken steps towards strengthening mental health care in the last 20 years. These include reforming the Mental Health Care Act 2002 and developing a National […]

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 […]

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Backyarders still determined to fight for housing

8th Oct 2019 Mzi Velapi Sinethemba Cawe Tandeka Bafo 0

It has been six days since the occupiers of Arcadia Place were evicted and living on the streets outside the building in Observatory.

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, […]

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