NPA opens rape crisis centre in Mitchells Plain
The Thuthuzela facilities have led to increased reporting of cases and increased sentences but GBV rates remain high.
Gender and women oppression
Plea to transform Clareinch Post Office to a place of healing as Uyinene is remembered
The Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation, the University of Cape Town (UCT), and civil society organisations marched from Uyinene’s former residence, to the Clareinch Post Office where she was brutally murdered in 2019.
Period poverty ruins education for girls in rural Zimbabwe
A recent survey revealed that the use of old clothes, leaves and cow dung instead of sanitary ware is prevalent among rural girls in Zimbabwe.
KZN premier launches 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence
The KZN premier visited the police station with the highest number of reported rape cases as part of the launch of 16 Days of Activism.
The women of Sudan are pushing for a feminist agenda
On 8 April 2021, hundreds of women gathered in Khartoum to rally against domestic and gender-based violence in Sudan. In what has been described as […]
Despite reforms, patriarchal systems continue to hinder land ownership by African women
Despite recent advancements in land reforms across Africa, women and girls are still hugely disadvantaged, according to a recent meeting of experts. The 2020 Africa Land […]
Despite landmark legal protections, women continue to face gender-based violence in pandemic-era Tunisia
In Tunisia, during the two and a half months of lockdown introduced on 21 March to stop the spread of the coronavirus, the ‘1899 Green […]
War against women rages on: Housing activist raped and murdered
The memorial service for Wongeka Vimbayo was held in Khayelitsha on Tuesday.
Domestic workers caught between a rock and a hard place
Covid-19 and lockdown have made working conditions for domestic worker worse.
Retail employees humiliated by boss’s daughter demand compensation
Women employed by a prominent flower retail business in Port Elizabeth who were humiliated in September by the boss’s daughter want the company to compensate […]
The ongoing struggle to protect Guinea’s domestic workers
On reaching the home where she was hired as a domestic worker, on 30 May 2020, in the Sangoya district in the upper suburbs of […]
It’s a hard life for women in Silvertown
Silvertown’s water supply quadrupled thanks to covid-19 with the installation of three taps.
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