Protestors in Gqeberha, South Africa, demonstrating against gender-based violence.
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Improving access to affordable housing and increasing benefit assistance rates are some sustainable solutions to the chronic cycle of homelessness faced by women fleeing violence.
South Africa has an extensive social security network, but poverty levels remain obstinately high.
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Social security reforms are needed that include support for the long-term and chronically unemployed and informal workers.
Between 1963 and 1969 Robert Sobukwe spent six years of near-complete solitary confinement on Robben Island.
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A collection of prison letters provides a peek into the suffering of South African liberation hero, Robert Sobukwe.
International outrage led to Aung San Suu Kyi falling from grace after Myanmar unleashed violence against the Rohingya.
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Human Rights Day might not be a reason for celebrations. But it’s a useful reminder of what’s been achieved over 70 years.