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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
‘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, 2025
Women in Botswana make up 54% of voters, but less than 10% of parliament: political parties can change that
David Mandiyanike, University of Botswana There’s a question that has consistently gripped Botswana’s politics: bomme ba kae? (where are... Read more
13 Dec, 2024
