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    Thato Moagi: Taking on challenges to achieve farming dreams

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    IN THEIR OWN WORDS  Thato Moagi, the first South African to receive the Nuffield Agricultural Scholarship talks about being a farmer and the managing director...

    5 Books To Read About Gender-Based Violence

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    Gender-based violence (GBV) is a serious matter. South Africa has one of the highest rates of violence against women and gender nonconforming people in...

    COVID-19 And Pregnancy: Here’s What You Need To Know

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    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...

    Extract: “Femicide In South Africa”

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    Femicide In South Africa is the latest book by author and journalist Nechama Brodie. The book looks at the story of femicide in South...

    Men Are Still Ashamed To Publicly Buy Sanitary Pads

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    For many, it’s still unusual to see men holding or buying sanitary pads. This stigma results in some men feeling uncomfortable and others go...

    The Construction Of Masculinities, The Rule Of Law And Gender-Based Violence

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    The construction of masculinities, the rule of law and gender-based violence: An enabling environment at the cost of justice for victims and survivors  The origins...

    COVID-19 and Women’s Health

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    By Sibusiso Mkwananzi, CSDA South Africa has now been included in the countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is also clear that there is...

    Lockdown Could Mean Women Are Trapped Indoors With Their Abusers

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    According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), one in three women around the world experience intimate partner violence. The WHO notes: “This makes it...

    #RealMonstersOfSA Campaign Used Halloween To Raise GBV Awareness

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    Over the Halloween weekend in South Africa, a campaign was launched to raise awareness about gender-based violence (GBV). Two organisations came together for the...

    Talking Islamic Social Justice With ‘Lady Imam’ Amina Wadud

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    In the conversation on the intersection between Islam and gender, there is no name quite as well-known as Professor Amina Wadud. Both lauded and...

    Five Facts: Femicide In South Africa

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    The murder of a university student in South Africa has led to national soulsearching and debate over violence against women. Africa Check summarises the...

    Dr Tlaleng On Advocating For Sexual Rights

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    BOOK EXTRACT Doctor Tlaleng Mokokeng is an internationally renowned health activist, doctor and writer. In her latest book Dr T: Guide To Sexual Health and...

    Basic Education, Parliament Officials Call Out Elijah Mhlanga’s Offensive #ReadToLead Tweets

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    Officials within the department of basic education (DBE) have responded to the department spokesperson’s controversial tweets. Both the DBE minister Angie Motshekga and the...

    Basic Education Spokesperson Faces Backlash Over Sexist #ReadToLead Tweets

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    The department of education’s (DBE) ‘Read to Lead’ campaign took a sexist and tone-deaf turn on August 10 when spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga published a...

    The Total Shutdown: One Year On

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    One year ago on August 1, 2018, thousands of women and gender non-conforming people (GNC) took to the streets of South Africa under the...

    Megan Rapinoe And The Liberators In France

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    COMMENT A record number of spectators watched the Fifa Women’s World Cup, an entertaining spectacle that will only grow the game. Despite this, the fight...

    An Open Letter to the Board of BDS-SA On The Muhammad...

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    COMMENT We as individuals, committed to: Justice for Palestine; An indivisible, intersectional approach to justice; Victim-centered approaches to gender-based violence (GBV), and  The creation of egalitarian societies;  categorically reject the...

    What Have Women Benefited In The Past 25 years Of Democracy?

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    SPONSORED COMMENT On May 2, 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa should have signed the national strategic plan against gender based violence in South Africa, writes LEBOHANG...

    What We Learned About Social Justice In Ramadan

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    COLUMN Social justice is intrinsically linked to the Islamic faith. The Qur’an (3:104) calls on Muslims to “be a community that calls for what is...

    BDS-SA Clears Muhammed Desai Of Sexual Harassment Allegations

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    Boycott Divestment and Sanctions South Africa (BDS-SA) co-founder and director Muhammed Desai has been cleared of sexual harassment accusations. An independent investigation into Desai...