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Health sector needs more women leaders to tackle backlash against sexual and reproductive rights — experts

World

Health sector needs more women leaders to tackle backlash against sexual and reproductive rights — experts

By Takudzwa Pongweni

Supreme misogynists – Justice Samuel Alito and the judges who believe they can control women’s bodies

World

Supreme misogynists – Justice Samuel Alito and the judges who believe they can control women’s bodies

By Asive Mabula

Shock and outrage – Tracey Rose’s retrospective traces 30 years of rebellion

South Africa

Shock and outrage – Tracey Rose’s retrospective traces 30 years of rebellion

By Sanya Osha

It’s time private schools listened to parents who dare to challenge their conservatism

South Africa

It’s time private schools listened to parents who dare to challenge their conservatism

By Ruth Simbao

Women are locked out of the climate adaptation plan — we need to align culture and tradition to fix this

South Africa

Women are locked out of the climate adaptation plan — we need to align culture and tradition to fix this

By Fonda Lewis and Michelle Browne

‘I’m not here because I’m a woman’: Chief Justice candidate Mandisa Maya fends off persistent gender question

South Africa

‘I’m not here because I’m a woman’: Chief Justice candidate Mandisa Maya fends off persistent gender question

By Karabo Mafolo

We must keep the scourge of obstetric violence in the spotlight – but it’s the state’s duty to tackle it

South Africa

We must keep the scourge of obstetric violence in the spotlight – but it’s the state’s duty to tackle it

By Rachelle Chadwick

Surviving intergenerational trauma: A story about reclaiming power is sadly all too familiar in South Africa

South Africa

Surviving intergenerational trauma: A story about reclaiming power is sadly all too familiar in South Africa

By Karabo Mafolo

We need a shock to the system to allow women in health to shine

South Africa

We need a shock to the system to allow women in health to shine

By Alicestine October