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Not enough: It seems that the regular salary is not enough for young South Africans. Many turn to side hustles to make ends meet.

Toxic workplaces: Are human rights organisations some of the culprits?

Some human rights organisations are enabling toxicity to harmful degrees

Jewish Ultra Orthodox men pray on the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, on January 21, 2019. (Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP)

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews confront #MeToo claims

“Lo Tishtok” — Hebrew for “You will not be silent” — is a phrase gaining momentum among haredim, who are being forced to reckon with claims of serious crimes, including sexual…

The acquittal of the accused in 2021 by acting Judge Tembeka Ngcukaitobi raised considerable debate about the subjective test on consent in terms of which an accused can plead that he held the genuine, if mistaken, belief that he was not acting against the will of the victim. (Photo credit should read HERMAN VERWEY/AFP via Getty Images)

Coko vs S ruling: The case against a subjective test on consent in rape trials

Acting judge Tembeka Ngcukaitobi’s acquittal of a rape suspect has raised controversy, but legal experts say the fault lay with legislators and not the court

Singer R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on September 17, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.  Kelly is facing multiple sexual assault charges and is being held without bail.   (Photo by Antonio Perez – Pool via Getty Images)

R. Kelly convicted of leading decades-long sex abuse ring

He faces up to life in prison, a dramatic fall for the singer long praised as R&B’s king

War is the backdrop of The Shadow King, by Maaza Mengiste, which has been shortlisted for the Booker. (Photo: Nina Subin)

Maaza Mengiste: ‘We are now catching up with the past’

As war drums beat again in Ethiopia, author Maaza Mengiste finds new language to memorialise the Second Italo-Ethiopian War

(Mail & Guardian)

Editorial: Dropping celebs isn’t enough

There are not often consequences for men who are reported to have sexually abused women. But maybe, just maybe things are changing for the better.

More than 100 women have come forward to accuse US film producer Harvey Weinstein of various degrees of sexual misconduct.

Weinstein convicted of sex assault, rape in ‘new era’ for #MeToo

The 67-year-old was remanded in New York’s notorious Rikers Island jail after the jury of seven men and five women found the once powerful Hollywood producer guilty of criminal…

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

(John McCann)

The cost of breaking your silence is high

Those who have been violated are called on to solve the problem of gender-based violence

(John McCann/M&G)

Sexual harassment still plagues the workplace

Institutions can set up a gender equity unit such as the one at Wits University to assist victims

With organised football suspended in Zimbabwe due to the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s long-suffering footballers have once again turned to “money games” to make ends meet.

Colombian football rocked by allegations girls were sexually abused

The disclosures come at a time when women’s football is experiencing a worldwide surge in popularity ahead of this year’s World Cup

Health workers in Africa warn of communities pushed to the edge by the intersection of collapsing ecosystems and under-resourced health systems. Photo: Reuters

Today, we are all women

Women and men must together gather the resolve it takes for change to take hold everywhere

Duterte provoked fury in 2016 when during an election campaign speech he said he had wanted to rape a ‘beautiful’ Australian missionary who had been murdered in a Philippine prison riot. (Reuters)

Philippines’ Duterte under fire for saying he ‘touched’ maid

Women’s rights political party Gabriela denounced Duterte’s ‘repulsive’ comments and called for him to resign

The Nobel laureate lives under armed guard at his hospital after an attack in 2012. (Crispin Kyalangalilwa/Reuters)

Fight to end rape in war must begin in peacetime — Nobel Prize winner Denis Mukwege

The Congolese doctor won the Nobel prize for his work to end sexual violence in war and is considered an expert on gang rape in conflict

The panel found UNAids secretariat staff frequently spoke of the patriarchal style of leadership  and the perception that senior management staff formed a ‘boys club.’

‘Boys club’ culture at UNAids allowed for sexual harassment and bullying – report

The investigation of an independent panel recommends reviewing whether UNAids executive director Michel Sidibé should continue in his role.

Sherry Marts, Beth Ann McLaughlin and Tarana Burke. (Ed Boyden/Twitter)

MIT honours #MeToo movement trailblazers

The 2018 Media Lab Disobedience Award has been awarded to three leading figures behind the #MeToo and #MeTooSTEM movements

The constant need to see violence as happening purely across gender lines means there is an underdeveloped understanding of how it manifests within the LGBTQ spaces (John McCann)

Myths shroud queer abuse

The idea that violence is heterosexually defined silences same-sex victims

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

Walk the talk against GBV

Mr Ramaphosa, you have seen and listened. Now it is time to make SA safe for women

Chinese graduate student Ren Liping is seen after filing a petition to have her rape allegation case reexamined. She is one of the women fighting for justice in China in the MeToo era. (Andy Wong/AP)

#MeToo movement in China: Powerful yet fragile

The movement is growing in China despite obstructions by a sensitive state, indifferent public and misogynist elites

In-depth interviews with black women in the media conducted in the study attest to daily struggles with race and gender (John McCann)

Gender gap widens in SA media

The latest media figures show that women are slowly advancing, but their experiences tell of little change at the top