Topic - The Herald

All the prime Minister's women - Herald

17 January 12

Regional relevance: International, Zimbabwe

It is the lifestyle of the rich and famous: top of the range cars; holidays in exquisite resorts and lots of women. They enjoy the fun irrespective of the media scrutiny. In some cases, they never seem to learn from their weaknesses. Former United States president Bill Clinton was a well-known womaniser. From a... [read more]

Gender Justice Barometer, Issue 6: October 2006

28 September 06

Regional relevance: Regional

Members of the National Action Plan Task Team gathered in Cape Town on a working retreat from 26-29 September to take stock of progress made since the 365 Days of Action Kopanong conference in May. [read more]

Gender Justice Barometer, Issue 5: August 2006

30 August 06

Regional relevance: Regional

It is official; the Programme Management Unit (PMU) reported on in the last newsletter has been officially established! This is excellent news for the National Action Plan to end Violence Against Women and Children, adopted at the May 2006 conference. [read more]

The newsroom is not a safe place for women journalists

09 December 05

Regional relevance: Zimbabwe

Despite several cases of rape and attempted rape, physical assault, subsequent unfair dismissals and all sorts of bullying tactics used against women in some Zimbabwean newsrooms, the response by authorities including the police has been lukewarm. Most often little or no action is taken against offenders. [read more]

Who will guard those meant to guard our children?

15 August 05

Regional relevance: Lesotho, Zimbabwe

When reports about the rape of 36 minor school girls allegedly by the school caretaker at a school in Zimbabwe were made public recently, I was stunned - rendered speechless and appalled. Only gross negligence on the part of the authorities at the school could have resulted in the extent of the sexual abuse going... [read more]