With radicalism and extremism on the rise, global think-tanks as the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) are trying to counter violent extremism at the most basic level. Based in Geneva, GCERF has started community-level initiatives aimed at strengthening resilience against violent extremism. In the most basic terms, this[…]
Eyebrows were raised when the much awaited Cannes Film Festival stopped numerous women from attending gala screenings due to their inappropriate choice of footwear. The events sees the ‘whose who’ of tinsel town, adorn stunning gowns and high inch stilettos to participate in the event. Addressing journalists at a press[…]
South Africa has a vast gender wage gap where women earn 35% less than men in similar work positions. According to statistics published recently, South Africa has an overall gender gap of 25%, as measured by economic participation and opportunity, education, health and political empowerment, yet its gender pay gap[…]
Boko Haram have abducted at least 2,000 women and girls since the start of 2014, according to rights group Amnesty International. A report published by the organisation on Wednesday says many of those captured have been forced into sexual slavery and trained to fight for the group. The group based[…]
Thousands have marched through the Afghan capital, demanding justice for a woman who was beaten to death by a mob a week ago after being falsely accused of burning a Quran. Men and women of all ages carried banners and some painted their faces red as a symbol of the[…]
A 44-year-old woman survived a python attack in Lephalale, Limpopo, Beeld reported on Tuesday. Janet Prinsloo thought she was going to die on Saturday morning when the four-meter long snake sailed out from under her bed and started squeezing her. According to the report, Prinsloo got out of the shower[…]
The Department of Women are to host a series of dialogues across the country between March and June this year, in a bid to assess and potentially better the current state of women in South Africa. Despite the institution of various governmental policies and acts to female empowerment and gender[…]
Despite being one of the highest ranked countries in the world according to women in positions of political sway, Lisa Vetten, an academic at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research believes South African women are still far away from being equal to their male counterparts in the workplace.[…]
The head of the U.N. agency promoting equality for women is lamenting that a girl born today will be an 81-year-old grandmother before she has the same chance as a man to be CEO of a company – and she will have to wait until she’s 50-years-old to have an[…]
The Commission for Gender Equality has warned President Jacob Zuma to watch what he says when speaking about women, Beeld reported on Saturday. “We admonished him to be more careful in the future,” commission chairman Mfanozelwe Shozi was quoted as saying. In August 2012, the commission received a sexism complaint[…]
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