A new report from Oxfam South Africa shows how the average (white, male) CEO takes home as much as 461 black women from the bottom ten percent of earners.
Informal workers, in particular women, took a big hit from the COVID-19 lockdown measures. A multi-faceted support package, informed by the gendered nature of work, is urgently called for.
With Women’s Day nearing, we need to ask ourselves what we’re celebrating when the failing economic system has shown time and time again that women are not ‘valuable’, write Nombulelo Shange and Kali Nena.
Now is the time for our sports stars to reach up and challenge our politicians to be better and uphold the social contracts they operate within, writes Daniel Gallan.
The coronavirus pandemic is making life even more difficult for women in the workplace, which is a theatre of patriarchy with its unforgiving twin, capitalism, writes Busani Ngcaweni.
Global health authorities are battling to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic from having severe consequences for women’s health.
Many people remain unaware of how poor sexual and reproductive health and lack of access to basic rights increases a population’s vulnerability to climate shock, reports the United Nations Population Fund.
Inequalities between men and women, measured according to a series of factors.
In 2015, all United Nations member states adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals to achieve by 2030 in areas such as education, climate, and gender equality.
The controversial measures proposed by the IAAF would force so-called 'hyperandrogenic' athletes or those with 'differences of sexual development' to seek treatment to lower their testosterone levels.
Pippa Hudson speaks to Naadiya Moosajee who is calling for the removal of Manglin Pillay as the CEO of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering over an article he wrote questioning the place of women in the industry.
Technology experts say women and girls with poor digital literacy skills will be the hardest hit and will struggle to find jobs as technology advances.
The methods used to measure gross domestic product are being criticised for excluding the unpaid work done by women.
Chart showing Saudi Arabia's ranking in the global gender gap index.
Haji Mohamed Dawjee says the intended meaning has been lost in the subtle gendering of Mother's Day and what it should entail.
More than 20 young women in the western city of Heart have established themselves as computer experts, building apps and websites as well as tracking down bugs in computer code.
The Mark Lamberti case shows that South African business suffers from deeply rooted racial prejudices.
Motherhood is a key reason why this gender pay gap persists. Many women leave the labour market or move into part-time jobs after giving birth, which has a knock-on effect on their pay.
