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Gender and women oppression

Period poverty ruins education for girls in rural Zimbabwe

2nd Aug 2022 Dylan Murambgi 0

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

25th Nov 2021 Nokulunga Majola 0

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

12th Jul 2021 Equal Times 0

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

3rd Dec 2020 Equal Times 0

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

25th Nov 2020 Equal Times 0

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

18th Nov 2020 Vincent Lali 0

The memorial service for Wongeka Vimbayo was held in Khayelitsha on Tuesday.

Domestic workers caught between a rock and a hard place

10th Nov 2020 Jonathan Grossman 0

Covid-19 and lockdown have made working conditions for domestic worker worse.

Retail employees humiliated by boss’s daughter demand compensation

3rd Nov 2020 Joseph Chirume 0

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

25th Sep 2020 Equal Times 0

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

17th Sep 2020 Mzi Velapi 0

Silvertown’s water supply quadrupled thanks to covid-19 with the installation of three taps.

Men threaten female job-seekers

24th Aug 2020 Mandla Mnyakama 0

Women job-seekers have asked for government protection from sex pests.

Violence against women rises under lockdown

30th Jul 2020 Lilita Gcwabe 0

According to gender activists, the lockdown due to covid-19 has tightened the grip abusers have over their victims at home.

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