Politics

By Zintle Khobeni De Lange It feels like only yesterday when I had my first experience of the Ocean island of Madagascar, , as a WOSSO Fellow, together with other […]

As part of my WOSSO Fellowship journey, I had the privilege of visiting the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) office In Antananarivo, Madagascar. This was no ordinary visit—it was a […]

Getting Smart
Media literacy and leadership skills for women in politics
Gender Links, 2009

Johannesburg, 21 March: Today is Human Rights Day, the commemoration of the Sharpeville Massacre in which apartheid police in South Africa gunned down 69 defenceless civilians, many of them children. Today, Ndemupelila Netumbo […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

12 September, 2024: I sat on the edge of my couch watching the first US Presidential election debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on 10 September asking myself why […]

Johannesburg, 7 August: The gains made for gender parity in politics over the last three decades took a knock on almost every front – parliament, cabinet, premiers, and the media […]

SADC to hold the hybrid Non-State Actors (NSAs) Capacity Building Workshop in Harare, Zimbabwe on 11-12 August 2024 The Southern African Development Community (SADC), in collaboration with Non-State Actors (NSAs) […]