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May 29, 2019
South Africa's president names Cabinet that is 50% women

South Africa's president on Wednesday named a trimmed-down Cabinet that is 50% women, making the country's one of few in the world to be "gender-balanced."

May 8, 2019
How the women's vote could make all the difference in South Africa

By Paul Berkowitz,

The numbers are staggering: in the last general election, nearly 2.5-million more women voted than men.

South Africa: Gender and elections pre-audit

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May 3, 2019

South Africa: Gender and elections pre-audit

May 3: A preliminary gender audit of the South African elections due to be held on 8 May shows that while there will be a slight increase in women’s representation, women are still missing from the top echelons of political parties and from the media

May 3: A preliminary gender audit of the South African elections due to be held on 8 May shows that while there will be a slight increase in women’s representation, women are still missing from the top echelons of political parties and from the media

SIMA RAMA's Impact Talk on women's leadership during 2012 Marikana massacre in South Africa

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September 25, 2018

SIMA RAMA's Impact Talk on women's leadership during 2012 Marikana massacre in South Africa

In a deeply personal journey, Strike a rock follows Primrose Sonti and Thumeka Magwangqana, two grandmothers and best-friends living in Nkaneng, Marikana, an informal-settlement in rural South-Africa that sprung up around a mine oper

In a deeply personal journey, Strike a rock follows Primrose Sonti and Thumeka Magwangqana, two grandmothers and best-friends living in Nkaneng, Marikana, an informal-settlement in rural South-Africa that sprung up around a mine oper

Interviews

August 24, 2018
South Africa: Organisations have their say on women's rights, gender parity in parly

A number of organisations representing the interests of women have gathered in Parliament on Monday for a Women’s Charter Review Conference.

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January 26, 2017
South Africa: Parliament Invites Public to Nominate Commission for Gender Equality

Members of the public are invited t