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Katie Mohamed at the launch of her debut memoir Brave, Today in Sandton.

Katie Mohamed launches her empowering book: Brave, Today

It offers readers a guide to embracing their courage and living authentically

Nadia Mahomed – Executive Director –  General Manager, Avon Justine PTY Ltd

Navigating pathways to empowerment

A reflective journey on women’s progress and Avon’s pioneering role in the last 25 years

Celebrating International Women’s Day at the High Commission of Cyprus 

Supporting the inclusion and empowerment of women

Leaders pose for a picture during the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan. (Reuters/Jorge Silva)

The G20 needs more women

Clearly the problem lies not in the G20 per se but in its member nations

The ANC Women’s League is out of touch.

Get it right, newsdesks, the ANC aunties are not exactly fighting for women’s rights

We should be overjoyed that the focus is on women, but the way the media deals with this is generally underwhelming.

Penis ennui: Norman Catherine’s 2001 bronze Déjà Vu. Glossy women’s magazines are obsessed with phallic pleasure.

Invite his penis in? Seriously?

Women’s magazines teach us how to have bad sex because it pays to keep us on our knees.

State of the Nation: Women still pushed to the margins

President Jacob Zuma’s speech offered very little for women or for those concerned about safety and security.

Mitta Lebaka is a social worker manager at the charity Children of Fire.

South African women: Young heroine with courage forged in fire

Twenty-two-year-old Mitta Lebaka has dedicated her life to helping child burn survivors like herself.

Have we made progress as a society in terms of women’s rights?

Women’s Day: The rock has been struck. Now what?

Women’s inequality battles continue every day, yet the state seems to take notice only on August 9, writes Jane Bennett.

Women in a post office in Thohoyandou

The Traditional Courts Bill must start with women’s rights

Shirhami Shirinda, a member of a rural royal family, argues that the Traditional Courts Bill will only serve to disempower many women.

More must be done to empower women, says Mbeki

South Africa needs to strengthen interventions on women’s empowerment, according to President Thabo Mbeki.