July 5, 2019
Is Ramaphosa’s Cabinet truly ‘gender-equal’?
While half the ministers in Ramaphosa’s Cabinet are women, this Cabinet as a whole is still slightly skewed towards men.
South Africa
Why Africa leads world in women’s leadership
By Ryan Lenora Brown,
May 29, 2019
South Africa's president names Cabinet that is 50% women
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."
May 8, 2019
How the women's vote could make all the difference in South Africa
By Paul Berkowitz,
The numbers are staggering: in the last general election, nearly 2.5-million more women voted than men.
South Africa: Gender and elections pre-audit
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May 3, 2019
South Africa: Gender and elections pre-audit
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 media
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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 media
SIMA RAMA's Impact Talk on women's leadership during 2012 Marikana massacre in South Africa
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September 25, 2018
SIMA RAMA's Impact Talk on women's leadership during 2012 Marikana massacre in South Africa
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 oper
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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 oper
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Thandi Modise
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September 14, 2018
Thandi Modise
Chairperson of the Upper House of the Parliament of South Africa
Chairperson of the Upper House of the Parliament of South Africa
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Chairperson of the Upper House of the Parliament of South Africa
August 24, 2018
South Africa: Organisations have their say on women's rights, gender parity in parly
A number of organisations representing the interests of women have gathered in Parliament on Monday for a Women’s Charter Review Conference.