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Gender Links (GL), a dynamic Southern African NGO headquartered in Johannesburg that promotes gender justice and equality seeks to fill the post of Finance & Administration Officer for the South […]

By Graça Maria, Maputo, 09 May: Data from the Demographic and Health Survey indicate that in Mozambique, 14% of women between the ages of 20 and 24 were married before […]

    Fact file Country Mozambique Province/Region Gaza Baseline score  – 2011  42 Latest score – 2015 51 Population 81,454 Number of women councillors  2 Number of men councillors  4 […]

Port-Louis, 14 décembre : La phrase «J’aurais voulu que mes seins soient mon cerveau » imprimée en rouge sur des t-shirts, c’est l’une des dizaines de publicités que la Media Watch Organisation et Gender Links ont réussi Á  faire interdire avec le concours de Vidya Narayan. Cette publicité avait été placardée dans toute l’île sur des poubelles et même devant des bâtiments très connus comme l’institut de formation de De Chazal Du Mée (DCDM) Á  Quatre-Bornes, devant la mairie de Port-Louis, devant le théâtre de la capitale, devant le Jardin de Pamplemousses et sur d’autres poubelles.

Name of Article: Mobile service provider Name of Publication: Times of Zambia Date: 25 April, 2015 Country:  Zambia The above picture is among many other pictures where women’s bodies are to sell […]

Name of article: Zebra Name of Publication: Windhoek Observer Date:  10 -16 April 2015 Country: Namibia Theme: Young Women Genre: Advert GEM Classification: Blatant Stereotype Skill: Language The advertisement is […]

Name of the article: Faire laver sa voiture par les jeunes femmes en maillot de bain Name of publication: Le Dimanche/L’Hebdo Name of journalist: Jenilaine Moonean Date: 2 September 2012 […]

Recent studies by Gender Links Botswana has revealed that ovr two thirds of women in Botswana (67) experience some form of gender violence in their life time.
The study says 44% of men admit to perpetrating violence against women . Roos van Dorp , Gender Links Program Officer told Global Post that while Botswana is doing enough to eliminate gender based violence , statistics still show that violence is still high and prevalent in the country.

Mozambican women’s and human rights organisations successfully managed to pressure Cervejas de Mocambique (CDM – Beers of Mozambique), the local subsidiary of South African Breweries, to withdraw sexist advertisements promoting its Laurentina Preta brand of dark beer.