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 […]
Gender and women oppression
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.
Men threaten female job-seekers
Women job-seekers have asked for government protection from sex pests.
Violence against women rises under lockdown
According to gender activists, the lockdown due to covid-19 has tightened the grip abusers have over their victims at home.
How Filipina domestic workers protect and support each other in Jordan
When she left the Philippines to work in Jordan, Rosa (not her real name) took two mobile phones with her. She knew that one of […]
What will it take for Canada to confront its femicide crisis?
As civil society, activists, governments and the United Nations hail 2020 a critical year for advancing women’s rights and gender equality, a femicide crisis in […]
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