Articles about Medical Research Council
Media attention needed for cyber abuses
23 November 11
Regional relevance: South Africa
Facebook, the world’s most popular social network with over 750 million members, has become an everyday feature of modern society, allowing users to stay connected with people from all across the globe. However, the relative ease with which it is possible to become “friends” with total strangers on the social... [read more]
South Africa: Is any month a woman's month?
03 September 11 | (1) Comment
Regional relevance: South Africa
Every August, some Thabo, Dickson or Harrington asks, “Why do we have Women's Month? Every month is women’s month.” The likes of Lilian Ngoyi and Helen Joseph would turn in their graves. [read more]
Editorial note
31 August 11
Welcome to the 19th edition of Roadmap to Equality! tracking progress towards the implementation and ratification of the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development.
August, which coincides with women’s month in South Africa,and the SADC Heads of State Summit for the region, was a busy month for gender... [read more]
August, which coincides with women’s month in South Africa,and the SADC Heads of State Summit for the region, was a busy month for gender... [read more]
The War at Home - GBV Indicators Project
26 August 11
Regional relevance: South Africa
Over half the women of Gauteng (51.3%) have experienced some form of violence (emotional, economic, physical or sexual) in their lifetime and 75.5% of men in the province admit to perpetrating some form of violence against women. The survey in South Africa's most densely populated and cosmopolitan province shows... [read more]
The War at Home - GBV Indicators Project
16 August 11
Regional relevance: South Africa
Over half the women of Gauteng (51.3%) have experienced some form of violence (emotional, economic, physical or sexual) in their lifetime and 75.5% of men in the province admit to perpetrating some form of violence against women. [read more]
Media's Role in Marital Rape
01 February 11
Several months ago I wrote a piece on marital rape in Kenya. Two editors working with a respected Kenyan newspaper refused to publish it.
"There is nothing like marital rape, what are you trying to tell people," one editor told me. His reaction surprised me because my story was not based on hearsay or uncorroborated... [read more]
Media's role in marital rape
20 January 11 | (7) Comments
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
Several months ago I wrote a piece on marital rape in Kenya. Two editors working with a respected Kenyan newspaper refused to publish it. [read more]
Padding the political discourse
14 January 11 | (1) Comment
Regional relevance: South Africa
I cannot help but question the ANC’s recently proposed sanitary towel initiative and ask whether Zuma’s words will be translated to practice. Zuma last week said the government would provide free sanitary towels to women who cannot afford them. Is 2011 a new era of gender equality in South Africa or is Zuma... [read more]
State of emergency needed to end gender violence
10 December 10
Regional relevance: South Africa
Gender Links (GL) has called on the government to declare a state of emergency in the fight to end gender violence. In a press release to mark the close of the Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender Violence GL said that countless research studies now show that the problem is overwhelming and the response is... [read more]
Speaking out against gun violence
10 December 10 | (1) Comment
Regional relevance: South Africa
According to a United Nations survey of 69 countries, South Africa has one of the highest firearm related homicide rates in the world, second only to Columbia. Solid updated data is lacking, but a 1999 Medical Research Council (MRC) study found that a woman was killed by her intimate partner every six hours – the... [read more]
