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  • Wits University SRC president-elect Nompendulo Mkatshwa shouts during a third day of protests on campus over proposed tuition fee increases. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    OPINION: How SA’s young women activists are rewriting the script

    Forty years after the Soweto uprising, women students are not willing to take a backseat again.

    2205 days ago
  • Rwanda’s former agriculture minister Agnes Kalibata. Picture: AFP.

    Female farmers in 90 nations face discriminatory land laws

    Rwanda’s former agriculture minister says many states continue to treat women as second class citizens.

    2305 days ago
  • Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Women surgeons face gender discrimination

    A study reveals women are not represented proportionately in leadership positions.

    2394 days ago
  • FILE: It's reported that women working full-time take home about £5,000 less a year than men. Picture: sxc.hu.

    British women 'work for free' from now until 2016, say campaigners

    Females are effectively working for free because of the lingering 'pay gap'.

    2426 days ago
  • FILE: Actress Jennifer Lawrence at the 26th Annual Producers Guild of America Awards on 24 January 2015 in Los Angeles, California. Picture: Getty Images/AFP."

    JLaw: I'm done being 'adorable' on Hollywood pay gap

    The actress said in the past she worried about being labelled a 'spoiled brat' when negotiating movie deals.

    2452 days ago
  • Graphic on the World Economic Forum gender equality index. Chinese President Xi Jinping pressed Sunday for the world to step up efforts to improve women’s rights during his first appearance at the United Nations.

    The gender equality barometer

    The gender equality barometer

    2468 days ago
  • FILE. The commission was asked to look into this by human rights organisations, who complained about gender discrimination. Picture: Saps

    Zuma to deal with gender equality report

    The president will ask the relevant authorities to deal with the Gender Equality Commission’s report.

    2474 days ago
  • FILE: Apple had 92,600 full-time employees as of September 2014. Picture:AFP

    Apple boosts diversity by hiring over 11,000 women

    50 percent of the people hired by the iPhone maker are black, Hispanic, or native American women.

    2513 days ago
  • FILE: Emma Watson.  Picture: CNN

    Emma Watson urges more men to fight for gender equality

    So far around 240,000 men have pledged their commitment online, according to the HeForShe website.

    2671 days ago
  • FILE: Woman march to Union Buildings in Pretoria 9 August 2014. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    'Wide gender gaps concerning'

    Research shows wide gender gaps remain in global economic participation, political leadership and security.

    2671 days ago
  • Rebecca Davis. Picture: via Twitter.

    OPINION For once, I agree with Mugabe

    Rebecca Davis is surprised to agree with one of the Zimbabwean leader’s comments on gender.

    2702 days ago
  • FILE: Since opening this month, the mosque has been attacked by vandals and has been critised by some among Cape Town’s large Muslim community. Picture: Aletta Garner/EWN

    Open Mosque founder not intimidated by critics

    Taj Hargey describes the facility as South Africa's first Quran-centric, gender-equal house of God.

    2833 days ago
  • Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has called on the film industry to make a greater contribution to gender equality. Picture: UN

    Mlambo-Ngcuka calls for gender equality in film industry

    Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has called on the film industry to make a greater contribution to gender equality.

    2838 days ago
  • Sholain Govender-Bateman

    An Open Letter to President Zuma

    Sholain Govender-Bateman asks what we can do about gender inequality in SA.

    2951 days ago
  • Parliament

    Gender bill 'weak on enforcement'

    The Legal Resources Centre says implementation of the gender equality bill will be difficult.

    3045 days ago
  • FILE: Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Women, Children and People with Disabilities held public hearings on the draft law. Picture: EWN.

    New gender equality bill rejected

    Groups say the Women's Empowerment and Gender Equity Bill's provisions are too broad & vague.

    3074 days ago
  • The national task team on hate crimes finally appears to be making headway.

    Slow progress for hate crime team

    The national task team on hate crimes finally appears to be making headway.

    3214 days ago
  • The annual Zulu Reed Dance (uMkhosi woMhlanga) in Nongoma on 31 August 2013. Picture: Reinhardt Hartzenberg

    Reed dance 'highly exploitative'

    A gender activist argues that the reed dance exploits young women.

    3223 days ago
  • The Elsies River woman sustained burn wounds to 75 percent of her body and was in a critical condition before she died. Picture: EWN

    Woman burnt by ex dies

    There has been a spate of gender based crimes in SA.

    3284 days ago
  • Beyoncé Knowles. Picture: AFP

    Sell-out concert promotes gender equality

    The Chime For Change concert featured Beyonce and Jennifer Lopez among many other artists.

    3316 days ago
  • Members of Parliament. Picture: Chantall Presence/EWN

    Gender discrimination SA's new racism

    The Commission for Gender Equality says gender discrimination remains rife in society.

    3535 days ago
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