Gender

Women and children may get their own train carriages

#UniteBehind says PRASA board chair has undertaken to introduce chaperoned carriages

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Brief | 21 May 2018

Shelters for abused women battle to find funds

State provides 40% of money. Shelters need to raise the rest from other sources.

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Feature | 17 May 2018

Equal Education general secretary stepped down over allegations of sexual harassment

Civil society organisation appoints independent panel to investigate accusations against Tshepo Motsepe

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Brief | 16 May 2018

First year firefighter rises to the top

Amiena Pillay received the award for Best Seasonal Firefighter from the City of Cape Town

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Interview | 4 May 2018

Mother of raped, disabled child says police have failed them

“She could not identify an accused. The police could therefore not proceed with further investigation” says SAPS

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News | 5 April 2018

Study uncovers brutal policing of sex work

Civil society and the police have begun to work together to stop the abuse

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News | 23 March 2018

Abortions: women don’t know where to go

Right to terminate pregnancy is limited by poor information

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Opinion | 29 January 2018

Women wait for work on the side of the road

“We cannot give up because we have children that depend on us.”

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News | 19 January 2018

The forgotten mining town where rape is “normal”

Women and children bear the brunt of lawlessness at Durban Deep

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Feature | 16 January 2018

“We want to create intolerance of violence”

Activists march against gender based violence in Buffalo City townships

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Brief | 3 November 2017

Girl alleged principal hit her after epileptic fit

A 17-year-old learner says she was slapped, then beaten a few days later by a security guard at her school

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News | 2 November 2017

Nohle drank steel wool and brandy to induce an abortion

How stigma drives an underground industry

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News | 26 October 2017

Court declares land tenure act invalid

Parliament told to fix section which discriminates against women

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Law | 27 September 2017

Married transgender people can change their official sex, court finds

Home Affairs’ approach is “coloured by the persisting influence of the religious and social prejudice against the recognition of same-sex unions” says judge

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Law | 8 September 2017