August marks Women's Month, two years after the Total Shutdown movement which highlighted the plight of women and children.The march led to the first ever gender-based violence summit being held.But have we made progress as the death of women and children at the hands of men continues in our society?In August 2018, there was a…
The first year theology student dreamt of becoming a preacher. (Facebook, Jesse Hess) The lifeless bodies of Jesse Hess and her grandfather Chris Lategan were found in their Parow home on 30 August 2019.Hess, 19, was an aspiring pastor and a first-year University of the Western Cape theology student.Relations within her family have strained following the…
Meghan Cremer was found dead on 8 August 2019.Her mother, Gill, says her life has changed completely.A crowdfunding campaign has been launched by her friend Lize Hartley, in her honour to encourage female empowerment, leadership and self-defence skills.Meghan Cremer, 29, was a horse rider and bakery manager in Cape Town.It's been a year since she…
The interim director of the South African Medical Research Council's (SAMRC) Gender Health Research Unit, Naeemah Abrahams, believes that despite cases of gender-based violence making headlines every single year, the situation is improving. Responding to the murder of Tshegofatso Pule, which sparked widespread social media outrage, Abrahams said changing men’s behaviour would be the only way…
Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I
Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement. North Carolina, in late April, became the latest member of a growing group of Republican-led states to require their public health agencies to
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