In this segment Embrace Dignity’s own Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge brings to light the problems with the notion of total criminalisation, before working through the five principles of the Equality Model Law.Twitter: @Embrace_Dignity
A rebroadcast of a dialogue on the merits of the Equality Model Law held by Embrace Dignity on the 11th of May 2021Hosted By: Jeremy RoutledgeSpeakers: Grizelda GrootboomTaina Bien-AimeJonathan MachlerNozizwe Madlala-Routledge Timestamps:00:00 Introduction03:07 Grizelda Grootboom15:37 Taina Bien-Aime41:33 Jonathan Machler1:04 Nozizwe…
Herstory was made in the all-knowing halls of the South African Women's Parliament on Thursday 29 August when women from all over South Africa took over the National Assembly and were addressed as Honourable Members as they debated gender-based violence and celebrated the Women's Charter.
This week on #WomentoWatch meet human trafficking survivor and former White House advisor Everyln Chumbow. Chumbow was trafficked from Cameroon at 10 years, after false promises of education aboard. She escaped at 17 years old. In 2016 former U.S. President…
As South Africans, we find ourselves only days away from Women’s Month, yet once again our nation is making headlines for all the wrong reasons—this time, gender-based violence of the worst order.
“My fellow men, let’s keep our valuables in our trousers and use them for the good of humanity. Yes, I mean our wallets.
The trial of Philani Ntuli, the businessman accused of murdering 20-year-old Siam Lee, was due to finally start on Thursday in Durban. However, because the defence was not ready, it has been postponed once again
Our patriarchal society continues to perpetuate the system of prostitution and the system has always rendered poor black women vulnerable to exploitation mostly by white privileged men.”
The purpose of the meeting is to strategise for building the survivor movement and to ensure that survivor voices are heard and taken into account in the debate on legal reform of adult prostitution.
During January 2018, 20 year-old Siam Lee went missing from what is believed to be a brothel in Durban North. Her charred body was discovered two days later on a farm in New Hanover.