Objectifying ad gets red-carded! – ‘Birdie’ billboard banned
Johannesburg – A billboard in South Africa showing two women in a car with the headline “not your average... Read more
19 Jun
Women farm workers march in Cape Town for better labour inspections
About 200 women marched to the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) in Cape Town on Tuesday to demand... Read more
14 May
Why are women paid less than men? New research in SA shows the company you work for makes the biggest difference
Ihsaan Bassier, University of Surrey and Leila Gautham, University of Leeds Why do women earn less than men? The... Read more
2 May
MacG under fire for vile Minnie Dlamini jab
Cape Town – Controversial podcaster Macgyver “MacG” Mukwevho has once again found himself at the centre of public outrage following... Read more
29 Apr
New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa
Mazar-i-Sharif – Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that... Read more
19 Mar
UN report finds women’s rights weakened in quarter of all countries
United Nations — Women’s rights regressed last year in a quarter of countries around the world, according to a... Read more
6 Mar
AI app offers a lifeline for SA’s abused women
Johannesburg – She says she was violated by police. Now she’s brainstorming an AI-integrated app with a panic button... Read more
9 Feb
Rituals, rites and rumours: how women claim power in Zimbabwe’s informal gold mines
Jabulani Shaba, University of Groningen and Sandra Swart, Stellenbosch University In Zimbabwe they say, Hanzi bhande rinonzvenga vakadzi vakapinda... Read more
4 Feb
Kenya police arrest man after wife’s mutilated body found in bag
Nairobi – Police in Kenya arrested a man found carrying the mutilated corpse of his wife in a backpack... Read more
23 Jan
‘Many women are going to starve with their families,’ says widow as CWP contracts end
Thabile Prisca Motloung, who lives in a rural village north of Nquthu, in KwaZulu-Natal.. Photo: Bongane Motaung By Bongane... Read more
19 Jan
