‘Fashion Meets Merc – Beauty Meets Benz’ was held at Hemingways Mall, marking the end of 16 Days of Activism Zikhona Ngxata is the only Eastern Cape delegate to be selected as one of the 25 finalists for the Mrs South Africa pageant and,…
Lockdown is the last thing a victim of domestic violence needs, says the director of a women’s rights organisation. “There is going to be an increase in violence as people lose jobs, income and food security is compromised. People are…
Are you trapped in a situation of gender-based violence? Help could be a phone call away. An East London NGO is reaching out to women and children being violated physically or psychologically, offering a hotline during 16 Days of Activism…
In a highly “gender-unequal and patriarchal country like South Africa, violent and entrenched masculinities legitimise men’s power over women,” Masimanyane Women’s Rights International representative Xolelwa Pona said at a dialogue on…
An emotionally charged and sombre memorial service was held at Downtown Christian Church last Friday in East London by Masimanyane Women’s Rights International, in the wake of the brutal deaths of three local women. The memorial service…
Masimanyane Women’s Rights International partnered with Bumb’Ingomso and the SAPS to host an intersectional campaign on gender-based violence and HIV/Aids in Mdantsane last Thursday. “The purpose of the session was to engage the…
Q: Occupation? Community/charity work? I am the executive director of an international NGO called Masimanyane Women’s Rights International. We are an equality and social justice organisation working to end violence against women and…
