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    SOUTH AFRICA: SA to mark 16 Days of Activism 

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    BuaNews
    Published on 24th November 2011 08:12 PM

    Pretoria - South Africa will tomorrow join the rest of the world in kicking off the 16 Days of Activism Campaign on No Violence against Women and Children.

    The opening event will be held in Atteridgeville in Pretoria.

    The campaign aims to make people aware of the negative impact of violence on women and children and to act against abuse. ...

    SOUTH AFRICA: Speed up women empowerment, says Xingwana 

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    BuaNews
    Published on 7th June 2011 01:27 PM

    Pretoria - Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, has reiterated the need for extra measures to be taken to accelerate the process of transformation and empowerment of women.

    Presenting her department's Budget Vote in Parliament on ...

    South Africa and Lesotho only African countries in Gender Gap Index 2009 Top 20 

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    Mie1
    Published on 27th October 2009 02:46 PM

    New York, USA - Iceland (1) has claimed the top spot of the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2009 from Norway (3) which slipped to third ...

    Criminalisation of Abortion 'The Wrong Concept' 

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    Mie1
    Published on 12th October 2009 05:19 PM

    CAPE TOWN - One hundred African women and girls die unnecessarily from unsafe abortions every day because they have to rely on unqualified medical practitioners ...

    Sistas with Serious Power! 

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    Oneword
    Published on 1st March 2008 06:31 PM

    PS: Posted on "The Shebeen" on 1 March! It MAY be tomorrow's papers (March 5!!!)



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    global: UN campaign to end violence against women 

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    Admin
    Published on 26th February 2008 11:41 AM

    new York – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has unveiled a global campaign bringing together the United Nations, governments and civil society to try and end violence against women, calling it an issue that “cannot wait.”

    “At least one out of every three women is likely to be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise ...

    SOUTH AFRICA: Govt must fund gender programmes 

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    Published on 17th January 2008 09:49 AM

    Johannesburg – Government should channel finances towards gender equality and women’s empowerment programmes, says Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi.

    Addressing the Commission on the Status of ...

    ZIMBABWE: Rural women struggle to get treatment 

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    Admin
    Published on 16th January 2008 11:52 AM

    HARARE, 15 January 2008 (IRIN) - HIV-infected women living in rural areas are finding it increasingly difficult to access life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) and tend to be more marginalised than those living in urban areas, non-governmental organisations say.
    "Rural women who need ARVs find themselves in a quandary ...

    ANGOLA-DRC: Activists denounce political apathy towards migrant rape victims 

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    Published on 10th December 2007 06:05 PM

    KINSHASA, 7 December 2007 (IRIN) - Human rights activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have accused their government and that of Angola of turning a blind eye to reports of widespread rape and other abuses of DRC migrant workers in neighbouring Angola.

    “The situation seems to be getting worse but the Angolan and Congolese ...

    NAMIBIA: Do away with cultures that enslave women, says Pohamba 

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    Published on 26th November 2007 12:55 PM

    President Hifikepunye Pohamba has called on all Namibians to do away with cultures and customs that impoverish and enslave women by confining them to the kitchen and the bringing up of children.

    President Pohamba says women's contribution ...

    SOUTH AFRICA: Men’s Forum outline gender challenges 

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    Admin
    Published on 18th October 2007 03:56 PM

    Parliament – Lack of coordination, resistance from traditional and religious leaders and commitment from the private sector is hampering efforts to achieve gender equality, according to the South African Men’s Forum.

    Secretary General of the Men’s Forum Mbuyiselo Botha, presented ...
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