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Comprehensive sexuality education is needed to equip young girls and boys with pregnancy prevention knowledge before they have sex.
Undocumented for decades, black South African feminists are increasingly visible. The essays in Surfacing present 22 leading thinkers.
In Morocco, the COVID-19 pandemic has burdened women with more housework and duties at home, and violence against them has risen.
Early in the pandemic, countries had to address several questions as the virus spread and lockdowns became inevitable.
Spurred by the impetus of the #MeToo movement, South Africa’s is the latest film and TV industry to introduce intimacy protocols to guide how intimate scenes are conceived and executed.
Despite the challenges of being a female comedian, the women who do choose to perform feel emboldened to speak out in ways that can resist sexism.
The early years are when a child is most vulnerable, but it is also the time when effective interventions can deliver the biggest returns.
Justice Martha Koome’s ascendance to the role of Chief Justice raises hope and expectations among many for a better world for women and children.
The equitable participation of women in public life is essential to building and sustaining strong, vibrant democracies.
Far too often it is still an education for some and not for everybody.
Her 1975 novel demonstrated a far more radical feminism than was common in Africa and the Arab world – a precursor of the #MenAreTrash anger of today.
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Women breadwinners believed that their role was viewed as threatening to men, who are traditionally breadwinners.
Pupils who are victimised at school tend to perform poorly academically, are regularly absent from school, suffer psychological trauma and may eventually drop out of school.
Women need to know what opportunities exist for them in the construction industry.
Removing funding from research-led projects puts people in highly vulnerable situations.
A gender perspective on public health is essential to human rights and safety in crisis situations.
She believed that writing is an act of speaking the truth, an act of courage, that must serve the people and not those in power.
To understand her contribution to public debate, it’s important to see her in the context of the historical moment that made her work possible, necessary and provocative.
The changes that society needs, such as preventing adolescent pregnancies, will not happen until researchers can use their findings to influence policy change.
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