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In attempt in 2008 to update the country’s workplace laws, with a new Labour Standards Bill that made provisions for sexual harassment, fell through in the House of Representatives. (Kola Sulaimon/AFP)

#MeToo in Nigeria

In Nigeria, survivors of sexual violence and workplace sexual harassment know that facts are not enough

It is time for people respond to change gender-based violence, and end the suffering. (Photo: Delwyn Verasamy)

Survivors of gender-based violence fight to be heard

Gender-based violence is escalating as the social crisis deepens. Some activists want a special council for survivors

Out loud: Fiona Snyckers revisits the well-known novel ‘Disgrace’ by JM Coetzee and gives one of his main characters a different view in her latest book, ‘Lacuna’. Photos: Paul Botes

A novel response to ‘Disgrace’

The author reimagines a voice and lets it fill the gaps of one of South Africa’s famous books

Public mobilisation for tougher rape laws was spurred by the rape of a 5-year-old girl by a 28-year-old male relative.

Sierra Leone declares national rape emergency

President Julius Bio has raised the maximum punishment for rape of a minor and called on the country to address its rape "scourge"

Milisuthando (Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/ M&G)

Punishing rapists isn’t good enough

Is the articulation of anger helping to create more value around women’s safety, our lives and our needs in relation to the men in our society?

Women across the country’s nine provinces joined the #TheTotalShutdownMarch to protest the alarming rates of gender-based violence in South Africa. (David Harrison/M&G)

#THETOTALSHUTDOWN: Memorandum of demands

This document sets out our list of demands to the state

The Turkish leader’s statement came the day after Saudi authorities conceded Khashoggi had been killed inside their diplomatic compound in Istanbul. (Reuters)

Shutting down the blaming of women for rape

On Wednesday, women and gender non-conforming activists marched to mark the start of Women’s Month in South Africa and to say ‘enough is enough’

Dr Denis Mukwege

Congolese doctor helps Yazidi women overcome rape stigma

The sexual enslavement of Yazidis is a tragedy the DRC’s Dr Denis Mukwege is especially qualified to talk about

Charging a Nissan e-NV200 at a rest stop along a highway in Japan.

NY state sues Weinstein and Co. for failing to protect staff

Last week, the district attorney’s office in Los Angeles said police had submitted three Weinstein sexual assault cases to prosecutors.

‘One voice is not heard in the courtroom’

The loudest noise is her silence

But the voices of the lawyers for the newspaper and for the alleged rapist are heard

A new chapter: Wade Smit’s fascination with isiZulu stories and his desire to see more of them made available to a wider audience led him to start a publishing house with his wife

Silence is no answer to injustice

Eusebius writes that naming injustices instead of being silent about them is important for working towards having a just society