GL Opinion and Commentary Service
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The Gender Links Opinion and Commentary Service provides mainstream media with fresh perspectives on the news.
Initiated in 2003, the Service aims to produce ten opinion pieces each month from writers across Africa on topical news items. These articles are integrated into various media sources and are uploaded onto the GMDC website for online viewing.
This service provides an opportunity for contributers to speak their mind on a variety of relevant and often controversial subjects.
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If you are interested in contributing to the service or publishing any of the articles, contact Saeanna Chingamuka at editor@genderlinks.org.za.
*When publishing articles from the Gender Links Opinion and Commentary Service, the Service must be cited.
Safe spaces in higher learning
04 December 11
Regional relevance: South Africa
Most people imagine that universities and other institutions of higher learning are spaces where there is a concentration on cognitive development and where intellectual growth is taking place. After all, these are the places where young (and more mature) people are inducted into the sanctuary of teaching and... [read more]
Unhappy in my marriage
03 December 11 | (1) Comment
Regional relevance: Regional
When I married, I was 20 years old and very much in love. My brothers warned me that he was not a good man, but I though they were jealous of him. As you know, when love is concerned we don’t like to listen to the truth. l stayed in an abusive marriage with him for seven years. [read more]
Climate change also affects urban women
01 December 11 | (1) Comment
Regional relevance: Regional
It has been an exciting journey to be present at the COP 17 meeting currently underway in Durban. I have attended interesting meetings, with charismatic speakers like the one who kept saying that Africa is being forced to adapt to a situation that it did not create. Yes, we did not create the conditions that brought... [read more]
Using ICT’s to communicate climate change to women
01 December 11 | (1) Comment
Regional relevance: Africa
As decision makers continue to deliberate on the future of the planet, the people most vulnerable global warming remain largely voiceless in the public domain. While mainstream media may sometimes be missing the boat when it comes to giving these voices the spotlight, new media is proving to be an important avenue... [read more]
Repeupler les lagons mauriciens
01 December 11
Regional relevance: Mauritius
Cette mesure budgétaire de Xavier Luc Duval, ministre des Finances mauricien, visant à repeupler les lagons mauriciens appauvris par une surexploitation, par la pollution mais aussi par le réchauffement climatique, est diversement accueillie. Celui-ci a accordé une enveloppe de Rs 10 millions à cet effet, soit... [read more]
No time can heal completely
01 December 11
Regional relevance: International
They Say Time Heals – rubbish! Rape - the violation of one’s very humanity - changes who you are and how you see the world forever. [read more]
What do “slut walks” and stilettos have to do with gender violence?
01 December 11
Regional relevance: South Africa
Call me serious, staid, old-fashioned and out of touch but I have to ask: What do “slut walks” and stilettos have to do with gender based violence? The “slut walks” started in Toronto, Canada in response to a Canadian police officer who said that if women wanted to avoid being sexually assaulted, they... [read more]
Sexual harassment a well-known office secret
01 December 11 | (1) Comment
Regional relevance: Africa
Sarah Banda* is a female journalist who has been working in the media for three years. She experienced sexual harassment at work, and as a journalist has the desire to speak out. However, like many women who either currently or previously faced sexual harassment, she’s scared to disclose her name for fear that... [read more]
Refusing sexual advances roadblock to dreams
01 December 11
Regional relevance: Zambia
Every time I heard a woman my age talk about sexual harassment of any sort, I thought they were weak, even gullible. Until it happened to me.
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Une marche blanche pour dénoncer la violence à l’égard de la femme
01 December 11
Regional relevance: Madagascar
A Madagascar, selon les statistiques venant d’associations de lutte contre la violence basée sur le genre, huit femmes sur dix subissent une forme de violence. Et dans la plupart des cas, les victimes se taisent par méconnaissance des lois ou à cause des tabous entourant la violence domestique. Pour la... [read more]
