Gender equality

AfWID: Baba Dlamini and WOSSO Fellows’ Taxi Rides

AfWID: Baba Dlamini and WOSSO Fellows’ Taxi Rides

When you think of a taxi driver, you might imagine someone who simply gets you from point A to B, but Baba Dlamini was no ordinary driver—he was a guide, […]

February 5, 2025 Themes: Gender equality Programs: Gender Justice

AfWID: Women’s Voice and Power as Agents of Change

AfWID: Women’s Voice and Power as Agents of Change

Johannesburg 24 January: Women of the South Speak Out (WOSSO) Fellows from Sub-Saharan Africa will participate in the African Women in Dialogue (AfWID) high-level Forum running under the theme, Women’s […]

January 24, 2025 Themes: Gender equality Programs: Gender & Governance | Gender Justice

Sixteen Days: Make it 365. Push back on backlash!

Sixteen Days: Make it 365. Push back on backlash!

The pushback by anti-human rights groups is not just a challenge; it is an outright injustice. It’s a deliberate, calculated assault on the dignity, safety, and freedom of countless individuals […]

South Africa: Celebrating diversity through art

South Africa: Celebrating diversity through art

December 10, 2024: Today is Human Rights Day – the commemoration of the anniversary of one of the world’s most ground breaking global pledges: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This landmark […]

Sixteen Days: Shout out for positive masculinity

Sixteen Days: Shout out for positive masculinity

Bindura, Zimbabwe 6 December: Today we commemorate the Montreal Massacre, a day to reflect on femicide and conversely to commit to positive masculinity. On December 6, 1989, Mark Lepine entered […]

Zimbabwe: Join the She is a child. Not a Mother Campaign!

Zimbabwe: Join the She is a child. Not a Mother Campaign!

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 5 December: Two years ago this month, l received a desperate call from community gender champions from Matobo district alerting me of a planned wedding in their village […]

Bots: Women ministers bring special skills

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

South Africa: Take a boy child to work

South Africa: Take a boy child to work

When your work expouses policies one cannot help but wonder if those policies will be implemented. As an employee, you may not always agree with them but when they work, […]

September 11, 2024 Themes: Children | Gender equality Programs: Gender Justice

GL: Strong and resolute after vibrant Women’s Month

GL: Strong and resolute after vibrant Women’s Month

Johannesburg, 2 September: Gender Links (GL) has emerged stronger and full of resolve after an action-packed Women’s Month that included welcoming three new country boards, and a newly invigorated regional […]

September 2, 2024 Themes: Gender equality Programs: GL Services

The definition of empowered women

The definition of empowered women

There’s something remarkable about walking into a room filled with women especially when it’s a room that keeps filling up, each new arrival adding to the collective energy. Normally, the […]

August 27, 2024 Themes: Gender equality | Politics | Young Women Programs: Gender & Governance