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Une voix masculine pour dénoncer le crime silencieux

08 March 12

Regional relevance: Mauritius

Eddy Jolicoeur, 54 ans, Group Head of Human Resources à la Mauritius Commercial Bank et champion de l’organisation non-gouvernementale Men Against Violence (MAV), a remporté un award dans la catégorie Violence Basée sur le Genre (VBG) lors du Mauritius Local Government and Gender Justice Summit and Awards... [read more]

Girl attacked after cyberbully ordeal: teen, 15, taunted on Facebook and BBM

29 February 12

Regional relevance: South Africa

First they called her fat and threw diet pills at her. Then they took to Facebook and blackberry's BBM chat service with a series of threats, name calling and nasty comments. And when that wasn't enough, the four Krugersdorp High schoolgirls marched up to the 15 year old pupils and hit her over the head with glass... [read more]

Zimbabwe: Is divorce an indication of women's empowerment?

16 February 12

Regional relevance: Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe and indeed many Southern African countries are largely Christian nations who view a failed marriage as – the ultimate sin. This unfortunate trend is the total opposite of their rank-and-file conservative Christian counterparts in the European nations who have woken up to the realisation that divorce may... [read more]

Climate Change: Training female journalists to work better

14 December 11

On the sidelines of COP17 at the nearby University of KwaZulu-Natal, the South African-based Women's Net is currently training female journalists to work better by using web 2.0 tools and social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter when reporting climate change. Journalists play an important role in... [read more]