Patriarchy
UN chief: Colonialism, patriarchy have created historic inequality
Antonio Guterres called for a new social contract and global deal while speaking at the 18th annual Nelson Mandela Lecture on Saturday.
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Author Isabel Allende hopes pandemic will doom patriarchy
The 77-year-old believes it will be up to the younger generations to build a new normal, founded on gender and racial equality.
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BUSANI NGCAWENI: The injustice of COVID-19 for women in the workplace
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.
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ANALYSIS: Why a Wits academic got a radio ad banned
Gender stereotyping might be funny, but it's no joke. A public health professor explains why she took action against everyday sexism when she heard it in a radio advert.
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CHARLES WEBSTER: Rape culture and the ‘ownership’ of women
We have aeons of deeply ingrained ideas of ownership of women to break free from, writes Charles Webster.
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Ramaphosa proposes 'bold steps' to transform 'deeply patriarchal' SA
President Cyril Ramaphosa said government would transform the justice system to ensure it worked favourably for victims of gender-based violence.
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BEHIND THE POLITICS: Ndabeni-Abrahams on patriarchy, family life & leadership
Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams sat down with Eyewitness News for a wide-ranging interview this Women's Month.
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'I said pretty horrible things' - Man apologises for misogyny towards ex-wife
A caller named Percy spoke on the Eusebius McKaiser Show about how his anger and misogyny hurt his ex-wife and cost him his marriage.
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OPINION: On Karima Brown, the EFF and the fallacy of a 'just-world'
Haji Mohamed Dawjee says Karima Brown is yet another woman at the mercy of a toxically masculine society sick with the disease of victim blaming in a culture rife with rape.
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[OPINION] We could drink a case of Caster
Haji Mohamed Dawjee says Caster Semenya is another example of the sweet sound of the lonely sprint. A black woman immersed in the blush of success and the bloom of many firsts.
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[OPINION] Of spoofs, gaffes and the #MensConference
Busani Ngcaweni says that when the spoofs are done, we must return to reason and ask how the social media spoof that was the #MensConference rode on patriarchy, misogyny and homophobia.
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[OPINION] Gillette: The best a woman can get
Haji Mohamed Dawjee says for men to be challenged by a single commercial - Gillette razors of all things - is just about as good as chopping their balls off in public.
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[OPINION] 'Twas the season for slut-shaming
Haji Mohamed Dawjee tells the story of how on the second of Christmas, she was called a whore in a T-shirt.
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[OPINION] The Bachelor SA: Politics, patriarchy and priorities
Haji Mohamed Dawjee says 'The Bachelor' could present an opportunity for South African contestants to challenge disturbing norms.
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6 myths holding back the role of women as peace builders
Greater efforts by policy-makers, academics and practitioners have been committed to promote inclusive and gender-sensitive peace processes.
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[CARTOON] Upset? Couldn't Be More Serena!
By Dr Jack & Curtis.
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[OPINION] No #TotalShutDown for toxic masculinity
Haji Mohamed Dawjee says Women's Month should be a month of celebration, but with gender violence rates that keep climbing, there is little the country has to celebrate.
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Minister Dlamini blames media for ‘destructive agenda against women’
She says the media is largely patriarchal and feeding the egos of conservative men.
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[OPINION] Damaged Goods: Patriarchy, Power and Disposable Women
South African history has a long tradition of slut-shaming black women as a means of social and political control, says Gail Smith, as she looks at how Winnie Madikizela-Mandela defied the apartheid systems of control.
