#sexistSA: I am not obliged to be attracted to you
AAISHA DADI PATEL asked students at Wits University to share their experiences of everyday harassment and sexism. This is what she found.
Have you experienced...
Three soldiers in the Lesotho army are fighting their dismissals over...
UPDATE: The three women soldiers who were dismissed from the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) after falling pregnant have finally gotten justice. On 14 February,...
The Bo-Kaap pedophilia allegations, where to from here?
On October 21, a video uploaded on YouTube sent shock waves around the Bo-Kaap community, and the country beyond. The woman in the...
#sexistSA: When sports fans get mean, it’s just not cricket
I have never written a book but I am a lover of literature. I am not a chef but I enjoy fine dining. And...
“In those few hours, we felt like we could breatheâ€
With #ForBlackGirlsOnly Johannesburg just around the corner, racist and sexist assaults on the necessity of a safe space for black women abound. KABURA NGANGA...
Women Forward: A Gendered Look At SA Politics
Women Forward (WF) began as a grassroots movement on farmland, planted among women who were marginalised. Domestic workers, farm workers and women from rural...
What Have Women Benefited In The Past 25 years Of Democracy?
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On May 2, 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa should have signed the national strategic plan against gender based violence in South Africa, writes LEBOHANG...
The role social workers play in fighting gender-based violence
In 2020, president Cyril Ramaphosa issued a national call for specialised units of social workers to deal with gender-based violence. This call arose from...
#TaxiRape is a reminder that women’s bodies are under constant attack
Even during the week of Human Rights Day, South Africans weren't free of human rights violations. The #TaxiRape story - of a white Quantum...
COVID-19 And Pregnancy: Here’s What You Need To Know
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many health issues not directly related to the virus. From access to basic healthcare to sexual health and reproductive...
What Spur should have said about that video
We’ve all seen that Spur video, and everyone has plenty to say about it.
On Tuesday, the franchise released a letter on their Facebook page discussing...
Date My Family And Male Chauvinism On TV
Mzansi TV shows continue to tell a sad story of entrenched patriarchy. The reality show Date My Family's latest episode left social media aghast,...
Five Facts: Femicide In South Africa
The murder of a university student in South Africa has led to national soulsearching and debate over violence against women. Africa Check summarises the...
Three ways you can check your privilege and build social change
Power dynamics in social movements are important - they can either enable or disable them. In an article titled Tools for White Guys who...
How Workplaces Should React To Sexual Harassment Complaints
Two South African civil society organisations faced sexual harassment allegations against prominent employees in the past year. The civil society #MeToo exposed many of...
“Stock-outs” – barrier to women’s sexual and reproductive health rights says...
A new report from the Stop Stock-outs Project (SSP) has found that contraceptives now represent the biggest share of medicine stockouts. The report emerged...
Mishka Hoosen at Time of the Writer 2016
This year's Time of the Writer festival has already served up fascinating conversations about what exactly knowledge is, and how we relate to books....
The fight against sexism and GBV must include migrant, refugee women
By Terri Maggott
On August 2 2019, numerous reports of violent femicides sent shockwaves through the nation. In the same week, the news of brutal...
Kenyans wear miniskirts to protest woman’s assault over clothing choice [VIDEO]
Last week, a video of a Kenyan woman being attacked by a group of men went viral on social media. The footage shows the...
“I will not try wearing anything below my knee in downtown...
Kenyans were outraged when a video of women being stripped naked by a mob of men in Nairobi emerged on social media last week....
