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Violence against women

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 […]

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

2nd Aug 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 Jun 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 Feb 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 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, […]

Gender-based violence in Khayelitsha becoming more violent

25th Nov 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 Nov 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 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, […]

Theatre, the other (unexpected) platform for teaching young people about sex and sexual violence

27th May 2019 Equal Times 0

She covers her reddened cheeks with her hands and her eyes fill with tears. “It is as if they had raped me. We’re devastated, we’re […]

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