By Mary Otieno When I was a child, it was taken for granted that during my school vacation visits to relatives in Nairobi, I would…
Posts tagged as “gender equality”
You’d be forgiven for thinking this International Women’s Day is different from the others. In recent years, we have seen some apparently radical changes in…
There are many reactions to what is happening right now. There are feelings of annoyance, anger, feelings of injustice and indifference. The selection is an…
By Matamela Makongoza, Mzikazi Nduna and Janan Dietrich One of the greatest challenges facing young people today is intimate partner violence. This is usually perpetrated…
#ILookLikeASurgeon first appeared on my timeline a week or so ago. I was interested in it because I’m a surgeon in training. Background: it’s a…
By Pierre Brouard By Sunday May 17 I would have participated in a panel discussion on LGBTI migrants and asylum seekers at an Idahot event…
By Dr Thirusha Naidu TRUTH Ruminations on a photograph of a woman and her malnourished child at the Apartheid Museum Johannesburg, South Africa Standing amidst…
As someone recently told me, “it’s very easy to criticise the government”. That is true, but deserves further thought. The reality is that this is…
By Rhulani Thembi Siweya March 8 was International Women’s Day, which has been celebrated throughout the world since 1911. This day is marked by various…
As I hopped onto the taxi this morning, I spotted a man peeing on the side of the road. At that moment, as someone who…