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New Khayelitsha police station has no forensics capacity, computer or phone

26th June 2024 Vincent Lali 0

The new police station in Makhaza that came as result of the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry of 2012 is not living up to the recommendations.

Despite landmark legal protections, women continue to face gender-based violence in pandemic-era Tunisia

25th November 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 […]

“Working Class Day of Action” call for better living and working conditions

2nd August 2020 Mzi Velapi Lilita Gcwabe Joseph Chirume Ramatamo Sehoai 0

Protests around the country to mark the start of a national campaign by different organisations to build and connect community struggles against covid-19 and government austerity took place on Saturday, 1 August.

How Filipina domestic workers protect and support each other in Jordan

16th June 2020 Equal Times 0

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 […]

With the world in lockdown, for some, being at home is as dangerous as being outside

25th May 2020 Equal Times 0

With a third of the world’s population under some form of government-mandated lockdown during recent months, hundreds of millions of people have been cooped up at home […]

Gender violence study in Brazilian garment factories provides a ‘wake-up call to action’

3rd February 2020 Equal Times 0

The vast majority of Brazilian textile and shoe factory workers who took part in a recent study say they have experienced some form of violence […]

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

4th December 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, […]

Gender-based violence in Khayelitsha becoming more violent

25th November 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence seems way too little concern about the war on women.

Safe sanitation for all: the least glamorous part of the battle against poverty

21st November 2019 Equal Times 0

If the face is the mirror of the soul – as Cicero would have it – the toilet is the mirror of society as a […]

Pakistan makes uneven progress in the fight for gender equality

11th October 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 October 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 October 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, […]

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