Men threaten female job-seekers
Women job-seekers have asked for government protection from sex pests.
Gender and women oppression
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 […]
Patriarchy’s counteroffensive: meet the international anti-feminism lobby
In August 2018, Argentina’s Senate rejected a bill to decriminalise abortion. Two months earlier, amid a historic gathering of the feminist movement on the streets, […]
America’s right is lobbying against South Africa’s sex education syllabus
Conservative “pro-family” advocacy groups with US ties are targeting increasingly inclusive sex education lesson plans being developed by the South African education department as part of the […]
Pakistan makes uneven progress in the fight for gender equality
In Pakistan women don’t just have to contend with glass ceilings. They are hemmed-in by walls and barriers of every construction. Look at most international […]
The ongoing struggle to end gender-based violence in Spain
On 17 December 1997, public awareness of gender-based violence saw a radical and lasting change in Spain. On that day, Ana Orantes, a 60-year-old woman, […]
Around the world, activists are campaigning for menstrual dignity
After Gemma Abbott began volunteering with The Red Box Project, a community initiative that distributes free menstrual products and underwear to young women in the UK, […]
Ramaphosa breaks his silence on gender-based violence
Protestors say that the promises that the President made are not enough to deal with the scourge of gender-based violence.
Protestors call for tougher measures against violent men
About 3,000 protestors gathered outside Parliament in Cape Town before going to the World Economic Forum meeting in the International Convention Centre, calling for action to combat men who rape and murder women.
“Challenging power isn’t polite and beautiful”: Dr Stella Nyanzi and the right to impolite in Uganda
To mark her 45th birthday on 16 June 2019, Ugandan academic and activist Dr Stella Nyanzi released 45 poems from the Luzira Maximum Security Prison, […]
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