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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 […]

Patriarchy’s counteroffensive: meet the international anti-feminism lobby

4th Dec 2019 Equal Times 0

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, […]

Pakistan makes uneven progress in the fight for gender equality

11th Oct 2019 Equal Times 0

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 Purest Choice: the Egyptian mothers standing up to female genital mutilation

4th Oct 2019 Equal Times 0

According to the World Health Organization, Female genital mutilation (FGM) “includes procedures that intentionally alter or cause injury to the female genital organs for non-medical […]

The ongoing struggle to end gender-based violence in Spain

3rd Oct 2019 Equal Times 0

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, […]

From the boardroom to the factory floor, trade union women say “nothing about us without us”

23rd Nov 2018 Equal Times 0

Last week, Equal Times published the Count Us In! Women leading change special report. Featuring case studies and interviews with women trade unionists from Angola […]

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