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Violence against women

From the boardroom to the factory floor, trade union women say “nothing about us without us”

23rd November 2018 Equal Times 0

Last week, Equal Times published the Count Us In! Women leading change special report. Featuring case studies and interviews with women trade unionists from Angola […]

Why, even with more access to toilets, women in a Kenyan slum avoid them

22nd November 2018 Samantha Winter 0

About 2.3 billion people around the world lack access to basic toilets. This leads to poor sanitation and about 280,000 people per year die as […]

Domestic workers want better working and living conditions

20th November 2018 Mzi Velapi 0

The International Domestic Worker Federation concluded its congress in Cape Town on Monday, 19 November.

Why giving South Africans title deeds isn’t the panacea for land reform

14th November 2018 Simon Hull 0

The land reform debate in South Africa has become increasingly polarised since Parliament resolved to consider amending the country’s Constitution to allow for the expropriation […]

Colombia is the deadliest country for human rights defenders, with one activist killed every three days since the 2016 peace agreement

18th October 2018 Equal Times 0

The assassination of human rights defenders is a plague that has been spreading in recent years. Latin America is the worst affected: 85 per cent […]

As Kerala succumbs to the sea, the Indian government ramps up coastal construction

8th October 2018 Equal Times 0

Between June and August this year, the southern Indian state of Kerala experienced the heaviest rainfall it had seen in over a century. More than […]

Women and children bear the brunt of Cameroon’s conflict

3rd October 2018 Equal Times 0

On 7 September 2018, hundreds of women rallied in a stadium in the city of Bamenda, in the north-west region of Cameroon to protest multiple […]

Women make a difference in Brazilian politics and activism

1st October 2018 Equal Times 0

The 7 October vote is very unlikely to end the suspense and we will have to wait until the second round later in the month, […]

The Egyptian mothers battling to establish paternity – and rights – for their children

25th September 2018 Equal Times 0

Her eyes full of resolve and anguish, Samah Abdel Salam, a 36-year-old journalist working for the daily newspaper Al-Ahram explains to the family court judge […]

Xenophobia in South Africa: why it’s time to unsettle narratives about migrants

14th September 2018 Loren B Landau 0

Foreign nationals have, yet again, been attacked, displaced and had their shops looted in South Africa. This is an unfortunate – but entirely unsurprising – […]

Where are all the women in Nigerian politics?

7th August 2018 Equal Times 0

Daring to join the male-dominated world of Nigerian politics was a tough decision for Ladi Mamman Watila, particularly in the conservative north-eastern state of Borno. […]

Sexual violence a common reality for learners in Khayelitsha

5th August 2018 Mzi Velapi 0

A study conducted by the HSRC and commissioned by Grassroots Soccer and Soul City Institute show alarming rates of sexual violence towards primary school girls in Khayelitsha.

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