Gender activists

A Way of Life?

Published date: 
23 Jun 2009
How would the media react if Michelle Obama, Grace Mugabe, Sarah Brown or Carla Bruni-Sarkozy had been violently gang-raped, asks Marianne Thamm of Media24.

Malawi: Appoint A 50-50 Cabinet – Gender Network Tells Mutharika

Published date: 
24 May 2009
The NGO Gender Coordination Network (NGO GCN) has called upon re-elected Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika and the soon to be inaugurated Parliament to consider a 50-50 cabinet population and an appointment of a female Speaker of the National Assembly.

Politics in Swaziland: Hide And Seek

Published date: 
10 Nov 2008

Gender activists in Swaziland are furious that only seven women were appointed to the House of Assembly and the Senate after the September elections. 

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