Theatre, the other (unexpected) platform for teaching young people about sex and sexual violence
She covers her reddened cheeks with her hands and her eyes fill with tears. “It is as if they had raped me. We’re devastated, we’re […]
Violence against women
How do Nigerian gay and bisexual men cope? This is what they told us
Many Africans who are not gay or bisexual – sexually attracted only to people of the same sex or of both sexes – claim that […]
Meet the women succeeding in the fishing industry
In the port of General Santos, the centre of the Filipino tuna industry, Mercy Ong is one of the few women who gives orders. When […]
Why women’s involvement is so vital to water projects’ success – or failure
When thinking about water management, gender is probably the last thing on many people’s minds. But in fact, the whole process of water management – […]
Freedom Day in South Africa – a reminder of unfinished business
South Africans celebrate Freedom Day on April 27 every year to mark the country’s first democratic elections in 1994. A quarter of a century later, though, questions […]
How portrayal of protest in South Africa denigrates poor people
Poor people in South Africa often feel that the only way they can be heard is to protest. The past few days have shown that not […]
For us, by us: Amsterdam’s life-saving transgender clinic
Before the doors open Alejandra has already laid out a loaf of bread, cheese slices, some hummus as well as a bottle of dry white […]
How South African churches can make LGBTIQ people feel safer
Research shows that many churches in South Africa remain “hotbeds of homophobia”. This is despite the fact that the country has enshrined LGBTIQ rights in its […]
‘Made in Tunisia’: the worker-casualties of the globalisation of the textile industry
The manager “threw the keys down and left, passport in hand,” says one of the former employees of the small garment factory in Ksar Hellal […]
Responses to Zimbabwe highlight gulf between the region and the west
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime has yet to show it differs from that of Robert Mugabe. EPA-EFE/Aaron Ufumeli Brian Raftopoulos, University of the Free State […]
Africa’s student movements: history sheds light on modern activism
On 9 March 2015, a student hurled faeces at a statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes. This act led to the statue’s removal. It also inspired the […]
The future of labour is female
Women have put on yellow vests and joined the demonstrations. Women who do double-shifts at home and at work to keep the creaking social state going for […]
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