A few weeks after she won the Nobel Peace Prize, Forbes Magazine, one of the most influential publications in the United States, has named President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as the ... Read more »
Global efforts to attain gender equality and empower women seem to be failing, with a new study indicating that more people in developing countries approve the beating of women Read more »
About 432 out of every 100,000 mothers in Uganda die because of complications related to pregnancy. In a bid to fight this vice in developing countries, October 17 was set aside as ... Read more »
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 is to be divided in three equal parts between Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman ... Read more »
Gender equality matters in its own right but is also smart economics: countries that create better opportunities for women and girls can raise productivity, improve outcomes for ... Read more »
The Press Ombudsman has ruled that The Sowetan newspaper's publishing of prominent pictures of two officers having sex while on duty was not in the public interest. Read more »
Widows are often subjected to humiliating and degrading rituals to determine whether or not they are responsible for their husband's death. Read more »
A poor and HIV-positive South African may well hear advice about "living positively" with HIV, but this is guidance that many find impossible to follow. Joining a Savings and ... Read more »
Women activists are pushing for the re-introduction of the Marriage and Divorce Bill in Parliament. Read more »
The Cabinet appeared to backtrack on its decision to drop the constitutional requirement to give women more seats in Parliament. Read more »
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