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Southern Africa: Uniting to end Gender Violence
Johannesburg, November 24, 2024: Gender Links (GL) and partners join the global community in saying “no” to gender violence with a concerted, multi-faceted campaign that moves from evidence to action […]
Sixteen Days: Get this – no means no!
Johannesburg, 25 November: The recent Gisele Pelicot rape case in France has once again thrust the issues of consent, sexual violence, and societal accountability into the spotlight. The case that […]
November 24, 2024
Themes:
Gender based violence
| Intimate partner violence
| Sexual violence
Programs:
16 Days of Activism Campaigns
| Gender Justice
South Africa: Economic power to end violence
George, 20 November: Gender Links kicks off the Sixteen Days of Activism 2024 by celebrating women who have reclaimed their lives and agency through the Sunrise Campaign, a unique programme […]
November 20, 2024
Themes:
Entrepreneurship
| Gender based violence
Programs:
Entrepreneurship
| Gender Justice
Zimbabwe: Summit celebrates gender champions
Harare, 14 November 2024 – The Zimbabwe SADC Protocol@Work summit, ended on a high note this week with 23 awards in various categories affirming good practices on gender in local […]
November 13, 2024
Themes:
Local Government
Programs:
Gender & Governance
| Gender justice and local government summit
Maur: A human story amid environmental emergency
In 1990 the inhabitants of Mare Chicose were initially relocated when it became a landfill. At the time, the government deemed it necessary to move some families living near the […]
November 12, 2024
Themes:
Climate Change
| Emergencies
| Health
Programs:
Gender Justice
| SADC Gender Protocol & Alliance
US: Trump victory a wake up call on global backlash
West Palm Beach, Florida 7 November: “He can be lawless. She must be flawless.” Those famous last words of CNN political commentator Van Jones just before the US elections are […]
Bots: Women ministers bring special skills
Gaborone, 18 November: All four women from the ruling party in Botswana have been appointed to cabinet, and the fifth to deputy speaker, in a move described as deliberate by […]
November 6, 2024
Themes:
Elections
| Gender equality
Programs:
Gender & Governance
| Women in Politics
Southern Africa: Young women call for a safe future
23 October 2024: Young women have made an impassioned plea to the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) to secure a “safe and productive future” for the largest […]
Bots: Woman deputy speaker, but fewer women MPs
Gaborone, November 7, 2024: As Botswana’s historic first change of government in almost six decades wraps-up, the National Assembly has elected Helen Pushie Manyeneng the Deputy Speaker of the 13th […]
Botswana: Bleak outlook for women in 30 Oct elections
Gaborone, 25 October: With less than a week to the 2024 general elections, the prospects for an increase of women’s political participation in Botswana is not encouraging. Of the 264 […]
Zim: GL to host the national #V&C Zimbabwe Summit
Harare, 8 November: Gender Links (GL) is set to host the national #VoiceandChoice Zimbabwe Summit from 11 – 13 November 2024, in Harare. This three-day event will revolve around the […]
October 21, 2024
Themes:
Governance
| Local Government
Programs:
Gender & Governance
| Gender justice and local government summit
Bots: Women – the missing voice as elections begin
Gaborone – October 30, 2024: As Botswana goes to the polls today, preliminary results from Gender Links (GL) Media Monitoring show that women constitute less than three percent of news […]
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