Browsing: Gender equality

Professor Grace Khunou argues that Africa’s unity project will remain incomplete unless the voices, experiences, and interests of women are placed at the centre of the continent’s development agenda.

Prof Daphne Pillay Naidoo argues that giving women authority and influence in shaping Artificial Intelligence is essential to building fairer and more gender equal workplaces.

The Constitutional Court has ruled that all parents in South Africa can now share four months and ten days of parental leave, ensuring equal rights for families.

The Constitutional Court’s surname ruling reveals deep colonial legacies, reframing identity as choice rather than state control.

The Constitutional Court has struck down a colonial-era surname rule, stating it erased women’s identities and entrenched patriarchal gender norms.

Dropping pure mathematics in schools limits girls’ access to STEM careers, weakens role models, and entrenches inequality in South Africa.

Women’s empowerment is not an event, but a continuous commitment that ensures economic inclusion, leadership representation, and safety for all South Africans.

The ARB has ruled against Open Sky Recycling Services’ controversial billboard, finding it sexist and offensive.

Labour is one of the most vulnerable moments in a woman’s life—yet across Africa, it’s also when she’s most at risk of abuse.

Dr Brenda Akia, University of Pretoria law alumna, has made history as the youngest African and first Ugandan to be elected as Vice-Chair and Rapporteur of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.