Female activists face persecution largely because their existence is an affront to the patriarchal nature of societies.

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

Our past tells us that women mobilise in ways that produce significant political results. But the present shows how easily these gains can evaporate.

Turns out that the country has not forgotten the president’s stance on women and their rights.

What South Africa needs is an approach that places violence against women at the heart of social policy.

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

We’ve failed South Africa’s women, and the bluster of Women’s Month won’t change that, writes a disgusted Verashni Pillay.

Women rallied worldwide on Sunday to demand equal rights and protest against domestic violence and growing poverty in the global economic crisis.

Being a woman with a black eye is excruciating. Suddenly, people who were chatty at work start avoiding eye contact.

Women’s Day was marked by activities that celebrated womanhood and at the same time urged further strides in protecting and advancing women’s rights.

Colleen Lowe Morna and Sikhonzile Ndlovu examine how the media undermine the value of older women in our society.

In observing Women’s Month, Women’s Day and the 16 days of activism, we have lost the real political and liberating philosophy of days past.