January 18

• Swaziland: SADC Gender Protocol 2012 Barometer - Swaziland [document]

  This is the fourth annual tracking report of Swaziland's performance against the 28 targets of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Gender and Development... Read more »

December 19, 2012

• South Africa: Ruling Party Fails Women [opinion]

  Yesterday, the new African National Congress (ANC) top six leaders were elected at the political party's 53rd National Conference in Mangaung (Free State, South Africa). Read more »

December 14, 2012

• Mauritius: Yes, We Can - Mauritius Quadruples the Level of Women in Local Government! [press release]

  Gender Links today congratulated the Prime Minister of Mauritius Navin Ramgoolam as well as the Minister of Local Government, Louis Herve Aimee for the four fold increase of women... Read more »

December 13, 2012

• Southern Africa: 2015 - Yes We Must! the SADC Gender Protocol At Work Summit and Awards

  As the Sixteen Days of Activism comes to an end, Gender Links, as coordinator of the Southern African Gender Protocol Alliance, calls on activists at national, local and community... Read more »

December 09, 2012

• Swaziland: Real Men Desist From Violence

  The Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender Violence for 2012 has ended. Women spearheaded most of the activities in Swaziland. This is because the campaign is synonymous with... Read more »

• Malawi: Mothers Must Raise Better Men

  In Malawi, there is a saying that "chitsiru chili chonse chili ndi mwini." It means every fool belongs to somebody. Commonly used in the context of a wayward person who has... Read more »

• Madagascar: When the Enemy Is Among the People You Trust

  Bozy and Lejao were married legally on 16 June 1978, and they have seven children; five boys and two girls, the youngest is 17. Lejao is a team leader in a big company, yet up to... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: I'll Never Lose Hope

  WHEN my parents died, I no longer had a happy day in my life. I found myself always crying. When my father died I moved from Zvishavane, where I had grown up and been schooled to... Read more »

• Lesotho: It Happened Once, but I Will Never Forget

  On the 28th of July 2012, we were walking from a funeral and it was dark. I was with two other women, and it was not that dark because other people were still walking around.... Read more »

• Africa: Africa - Post 2015 - What Women Want! [analysis]

  Despite the great strides made in international development in the past years, it is now clear that many countries will not achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. Read more »

• Southern Africa: Concept Paper - the SADC Gender Protocol Summit [document]

  2015, Yes we Must! The SADC Gender Protocol @ Work Read more »

December 07, 2012

• Namibia: SADC Gender Protocol 2012 Barometer - Namibia [press release]

  Namibia has made remarkable progress towards meeting the targets of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Gender and Development set for 2015. Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe - Social Media, a Powerful Means to Condemn Gbv

  Twitter and Facebook are popular social media platforms, with Facebook being the more popular of the two. As popular as they are, social media platforms can be tools for change or... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe - Promoting Progressive Forms of Masculinity

  On 11 November 2012, Brian Munjodzi bashed his girlfriend, Tinopona Katsande for allegedly asking him to do the dishes while she did the laundry. Katsande, a prominent performer... Read more »

December 06, 2012

• Lesotho: Lesotho - Raped and Infected With HIV

  It was on the 28th of November, 2000, when my life changed for the worse. It was in the summer and in a rural village that we normally went to in order to visit the rivers and... Read more »

• Madagascar: Madagascar - a Troubling Desire

  This story takes place in a village about 50 km from town. A 16 year old girl, whose name was Lova, went to study there. Many youngsters from the countryside did the same, and Lova... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe - I Did Not Let It Happen Again [opinion]

  SOME things that happen in life cause a need for you to lean on other people, and confide in them. Married life is full of such ups and downs, and the serious down cycles can leave... Read more »

December 05, 2012

• Southern Africa: Who Is to Blame for GBV? All of Us!

  At a recent Transformative Masculinity workshop in Zambia, Reverend Solomuzi Mabuza shocked the group when he said, "A case of corrective rape and murder of a lesbian woman... Read more »

• Southern Africa: Male Rape Survivors Demand Equal Services

  Male rape has for a long time been the dark secret of Southern African crime. It is usually completely unacknowledged, rarely reported and often scorned. How, after all, can a man... Read more »

• Lesotho: Abused for Bearing Female Children [opinion]

  My name is Mantebaleng Ramokhele and I live in the Mohale's Hoek district in Lesotho. I was married to a man that I was dearly in love with. Even today, I still do not understand... Read more »

December 04, 2012

• Zimbabwe: Religion and Culture Central to Ending GBV

  Every two or three months, Rudo and her husband Tobias part with either a goat or two chickens as a fine for their violently explosive marriage. Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Woman, 'You'll Never Walk Alone!'

  To soccer lovers the saying "you will never walk alone" is familiar as it relates to one leading soccer team in the United Kingdom, Liverpool. In Zimbabwe and in other parts of the... Read more »

• Zambia: GBV Begins in Parliament!

  Almost two weeks ago, Deputy Speaker of Parliament Mkhondo Lungu stirred a hornet's nest when he cautioned Member of Parliament Dora Siliya over her outfit. The incident is one in... Read more »

December 03, 2012

• Zimbabwe: Disability and Gender-Based Violence - A Double Edged Sword

  The sight of a pastor is usually a relief to vulnerable people such as orphans and people with disabilities. There is little or no suspicion that the men-of-the-cloth may at any... Read more »

November 30, 2012

• South Africa: Always Scared After Rape

  I am a 22-year-old woman. On 31 May 2012, I was coming from Levubu to collect money from my mother's younger sister to a few groceries. I took a taxi to Zwikwengani. When I got to... Read more »