March 24

• Swaziland: First Swaziland Summit Reaffirms Working From the Ground in Ending Gender Based Violence

  The first ever Swaziland SADC GENDER PROTOCOL SUMMIT closed at Ezulwini on 19 March 2013 with awards to 10 women and 2 men whose work on the ground won the highest accolades from... Read more »

March 22

• Lesotho: First Gender Summit Ends On a High Note [press release]

  The first ever Lesotho SADC Gender Protocol Summit closed at the Lesotho Sun Hotel in Maseru on March 19 2013, with resounding shouts of - "2015, Yes we Must! The SADC Gender... Read more »

March 21

• South Africa: The Inhumanity of Dividing Identities

  On this day 53 years ago, thousands of people went to the Sharpeville police station to hand in their passes in a peaceful protest against Apartheid pass laws. The South African... Read more »

March 11

• Africa: Csw 57 - Enough Is Enough! [opinion]

  While sitting and waiting at John F Kennedy International airport in New York for my flight back to South Africa, I contemplated my first Commission of the Status of Women (CSW57)... Read more »

March 08

• Africa: Happy Women's Day?

  Today marks International Woman's Day (IWD). The United Nations theme for 2013 is "A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women." IWD as well as CSW's... Read more »

• Africa: GBV Indicators Prompt a Collective Response On Violence Against Women

  Shock, disbelief and denial were some of the initial reactions to the results of the gender based violence (GBV) indicators study in Botswana. It is only when the national... Read more »

• Africa: Gender and Climate Change

  As women across the world celebrate women' s day, a good number of them in the Global South are going to be spending it at a queue for water at a borehole 15 kilometres away from... Read more »

March 07

• South Africa: Widespread Homophobia Among Member States

  South Africa's Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana presented her statement to the delegates of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at... Read more »

• Africa: Justice for War Crimes Victims

  As a young woman attending the Commission of the Status of Women (CSW) in New York for the first time I am really not sure of what to expect. The vision I have of the City is a... Read more »

• Southern Africa: Enter for Awards At SADC Gender Protocol Summit

  This is a call to institutions of higher learning offering journalism and media education and training in the SADC region to enter for awards on gender mainstreaming into... Read more »

March 06

• South Africa: Whose Moral Regeneration Are We Calling For?

  Anene Booysens, a 17-year-old girl from Bredasdorp in the Western Cape, was gang raped and brutally murdered on 8 February. Six days later Oscar Pistorius shot and killed his... Read more »

March 05

• Zambia: CSW 57 - Judiciary As Partners in Fighting GBV

  Zambian judge and Commissioner of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission of Kenya Gertrude Chawatama has called for increased efforts to educate and sensitise law... Read more »

March 01

• South Africa: Entrepreneurship Training for Survivors of GBV Governance Programme [press release]

  Gender Links (GL), a Southern African NGO headquartered in Johannesburg, specialising in gender, media, women's rights and governance, seeks the services of experienced services... Read more »

February 27

• South Africa: Whose Moral Regeneration Are We Calling For? [analysis]

  Anene Booysens, a 17-year-old girl from Bredasdorp in the Western Cape, was gang raped and brutally murdered on 8 February. Six days later Oscar Pistorius shot and killed his... Read more »

February 22

• Malawi: The Time Is Now to Push for 50 Percent Representation of Women for 2014 [opinion]

  As 2014 tripartite elections draws closer, debates are widespread on who is the best person to govern the country for the next four years. Read more »

February 20

• Southern Africa: Southern Africa - Pushing the Boundaries of Gender Equality [opinion]

  Last week I sat in an air-conditioned room at the Polana Hotel going through a long to-do list, wondering if I had nothing better to do than listen to government officials making... Read more »

• Southern Africa: Pushing the Boundaries of Gender Equality

  Last week I sat in an air-conditioned room at the Polana Hotel going through a long to-do list, wondering if I had nothing better to do than listen to government officials making... Read more »

February 18

• South Africa: What's an Everyday Campaign on Gender-Based Violence? [opinion]

  This year's State of the Nation address occurred amid a national outcry and introspection on gender-based violence (GBV). Read more »

February 14

• Southern Africa: Statement By Civil Society At the SADC Gender Ministers Meeting

  On behalf of my colleagues in the Southern African Gender Protocol Alliance, I feel very privileged and honoured to stand before you today and deliver this speech. The gender... Read more »

• Southern Africa: Join the One Billion Women Rising, NGO's Urge [document]

  On behalf of my colleagues in the Southern African Gender Protocol Alliance, I feel very privileged and honoured to stand before you today and deliver this speech. The gender... Read more »

February 13

• South Africa: Anene Booysen's Rape and Murder Becomes a Tipping Point

  Anene Booysen's rape and brutal murder became a tipping point in South Africa, a society where the rape of women and children continues unabated on a daily basis rendering this... Read more »

February 08

• Southern Africa: Female Sports Journalists Jockey for Positions

  The television coverage of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament currently underway in South Africa is clear evidence of the lack of female sports journalists in Southern... Read more »

February 04

• Zimbabwe: 'Cancer - Did You Know?'

  Every 4 February is World Cancer Day on the international calendar. Many countries take the opportunity to educate their citizens about cancer, how to prevent it and improving the... Read more »

January 29

• South Africa: Trade Unions Still Have a 'Male Face'

  The upsurge in the number of strikes in recent months in South Africa, from mines to farms, in what others have termed the “strike season” have one common... Read more »

January 23

• Swaziland: Clothing Has Nothing to Do With 'Decency'!

  Swazi women may have celebrated too soon when the country ratified the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development in September 2012, a regional instrument that commits all countries... Read more »