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Wednesday, September 06, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Ritual against women dispirits
News24
I want to bury my head in the sand to avoid being part of what is a condescending South African ritual against women – the perpetuated notion of “speak justice in August, and practise injustices all year round.” The ritual is tiring and is...
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Thursday, August 31, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Changing the electoral system can be detrimental to women representation
SABC News
Minister in the Presidency for Women Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has cautioned against changing the electoral system, as this might result in representation in Parliament dropping. The minister made these remarks at a Women’s Dialogue on Gender...
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Wednesday, August 09, 2023
August 9 celebrates women’s role in South African society
SABC News
Women’s Day in South Africa marks the day that thousands of women from across the country took part in a mass march against apartheid pass laws in 1956. It also honours the role of women in society. While there has been progress in terms of...
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Friday, August 04, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Gender in newsrooms: why representation doesn’t equate to inclusion
WAN-IFRA
This post, based on a conversation that took place during a webinar organised by Emma Goodman in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Media Partnership’s team, dives into some of the issues highlighted by the...
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Grace Boroto
Monday, May 23, 2022
Interviews
Grace Boroto
Grace Boroto is a Member of the Parliament of South Africa. This interview was conducted on 6 September 2021, in Vienna (Austria), during the 13th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament. Click on the Settings button for subtitles in English, French...
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Judge Mandisa Maya, South Africa’s Chief Justice-elect. Photo by Gallo Images / The Times / Simphiwe Nkwali
Friday, February 11, 2022
South Africa could soon have its first woman Chief Justice: here’s who she is
The Conversation
Mandisa Maya, Judge President of South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal, was recently recommended by the country’s Judicial Services Commission to become the next Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court. The position became vacant after the 12-...
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6 women who helped lead South Africa to freedom whose names you should know - Credits: John Parkin/AP
Monday, January 24, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
6 women who helped lead South Africa to freedom whose names you should know
Global Citizen
This year, South Africa will celebrate 28 years of democracy, and as a younger generation, none of us can deny the validity of the statement, “I am my ancestors' wildest dreams” — a quote that gained noteriety after film director Ava Duvernay wore...
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Cathy Mohlahlana - Moderator (Copyright: Mail & Guardian)
Friday, November 12, 2021
Report / White Paper
SA needs more youth and women political participation
Mail & Guardian
By Lucas Ledwaba Statistics suggest women and youth dominate the country’s population, but with the local government election just weeks away the question of their participation in decision making remains a contested issue. The Independent Electoral...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2019
South Africa not psychologically ready for a female president
All Africa
Former National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete believes South Africa is not psychologically ready for a female president. Mbete was talking to SAfm's Masechaba Ndlovu on Monday evening as the radio station celebrates powerful women during Women's...
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Friday, July 05, 2019
Is Ramaphosa’s Cabinet truly ‘gender-equal’?
The Citizen
While half the ministers in Ramaphosa’s Cabinet are women, this Cabinet as a whole is still slightly skewed towards men. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been hailed for the important milestone of appointing women to half the country’s...
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Thursday, May 30, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Why Africa leads world in women’s leadership
The Christian Science Monitor
By Ryan Lenora Brown, When South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his new Cabinet late Wednesday night, his country joined a rarified global club, becoming just the 11th nation on earth where at least 50% of government ministers are women...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019
South Africa's president names Cabinet that is 50% women
Spectrum Local News
South Africa's president on Wednesday named a trimmed-down Cabinet that is 50% women, making the country's one of few in the world to be "gender-balanced." President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement followed similar moves by Ethiopia and Rwanda last...
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Wednesday, May 08, 2019
How the women's vote could make all the difference in South Africa
Times Live
By Paul Berkowitz, The numbers are staggering: in the last general election, nearly 2.5-million more women voted than men. Voter turnout was significantly higher among women than men in 2014, when 76% of registered women voters came out to cast...
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Friday, May 03, 2019
Report / White Paper
South Africa: Gender and elections pre-audit
Gender Links
May 3: A preliminary gender audit of the South African elections due to be held on 8 May shows that while there will be a slight increase in women’s representation, women are still missing from the top echelons of political parties and from the...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Multimedia
SIMA RAMA's Impact Talk on women's leadership during 2012 Marikana massacre in South Africa
SIMA RAMA
In a deeply personal journey, Strike a rock follows Primrose Sonti and Thumeka Magwangqana, two grandmothers and best-friends living in Nkaneng, Marikana, an informal-settlement in rural South-Africa that sprung up around a mine operated by Lonmin...
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Friday, September 14, 2018
Interviews
Thandi Modise
Thandi Modise is the Chairperson of the Upper House of the Parliament (National Council of Provinces) of South Africa. This interview was conducted in March 2018 in New York during the CSW.
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Monday, September 10, 2018
Online streaming of the documentary "Strike A Rock" in September
Streaming throughout September on SIMA RAMA, Strike A Rock tells the deeply personal journey of two South African mothers and best-friends, Primrose Sonti and Thumeka Magwangqana. After a police massacre that claims the lives of 37 striking mine...
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Friday, August 24, 2018
South Africa: Organisations have their say on women's rights, gender parity in parly
Ewn
A number of organisations representing the interests of women have gathered in Parliament on Monday for a Women’s Charter Review Conference. The conference serves as a launch pad to engage women across all sectors of society on issues like gender-...
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