New media is misrepresenting women in Africa: what feminists can do
When computer technology made electronic communication possible, the “new media” emerged: email, chat rooms, blogs, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and so much more It looked,...
Is Gender Equality a Numbers Game?
When I was younger, my mother would not allow my siblings and me to sit at the dining table before my father arrived home for dinner And, in his presence, only my brother could...
Men Can Experience Sexual Violence in War Too
The United Nations Security Council formally recognized for the first time that men and boys are targets of sexual violence both in wartime and in post-conflict...
Why the world needs an African ecofeminist future
Orthodox economic models have failed us all, but women across Africa are resisting them and coming up with visionary alternatives We need an “African ecofeminist future”...
One in 200 people is a slave. Why?
Slavery affects more than 40 million people worldwide – more than at any other time in history by Kate Hodal How many slaves are there today, and who are they The...
Towards a Positive Masculinity
Something has to fill the void that toxic attitudes leave behind Watch the news on any given day and you’ll eventually hear a story about a woman being brutalised Or killed...
Channel Your Inner Animal & Optimize Your Life For True Happiness
I bet you don’t have the attention span to read this entire article… What did I mean by that More on this in a second, but first… When it comes to the modern day...
‘My dreams were destroyed’: poverty costs child brides dear in Zimbabwe
Married off at 13, Maureen lost her education and her health Her plight is common in a country racked by economic turmoil The end of Maureen’s days at a primary school in...
Achieving Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) is a Human Right Obligation for Africa
Women’s and adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health is related to multiple human rights, including the right to life, the right to be free from torture, the right to...
West African countries are leading the way in educating men on “positive masculinity”
If the gender ratio of the 3,800 attendants of the fifth International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP), the world’s largest gathering on sexual and reproductive health and...
