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#shoot4purpose and the Faculty of Humanities create space for women to tell their stories through photography At the Iyatsiba Lab in Woodstock, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities has opened its doors to #shoot4purpose, an organisation that walks alongside women who have lived through ha...

Beyond Performing Purple: Institutional Complacency In Gender-Based Violence Against Women And Children (GBVAWC) Image by freepik As the womxn and children of this country stand together to disrupt the everyday norm, #WomenForChange has asked South Africans to stand in and show solidarity ...

New Exhibition Gives A Voice To The LGBTQIA+ Community Rector and Vice-Chancellor Prof Robert Balfour. Image: Supplied To mark the 30th anniversary of the Department of Women and Gender Studies, a Photovoice exhibition was unveiled ...

UWC Women’s and Gender Studies Releases Four New International Publications The Department of Women and Gender Studies (WGS) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) this year marks its 30th anniversary and has recently contributed, edited, and publi...

Rebellious Black Feminists Honoured Forget Beyoncé. South Africa has a packed runway of Slay Queens who embraced the notion of rebellion and bravely paved the way for female cultural icons to take centre st...

Apply now: DVC: Research and Innovation Postgraduate Bursary The call for applications for the DVC: Research and Innovation Postgraduate Bursary is now open. PURPOSE The aim of the DVC: Research and Innovation Postgraduate Bursary i...

Hamba Kahle Rhoda Kadalie – 1953 to 2022 It is with grave sadness that we have learnt of the passing of human rights activist Rhoda Kadalie at the weekend. Ms Kadalie played a pivotal role in gender equality at the Uni...

Colloquium: "Women and 60 years of the armed struggle in South Africa" Greetings from South Africa, where we celebrate Women's Month in August, as a tribute to the more than 20 000 women who marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, in p...

Webinar: Hydrofeminism and wild engagements with ocean/s - Towards a justice-to-come in South African contexts The Department of Women's and Gender Studies will be hosting a webinar titled "Hydrofeminism and wild engagements with ocean/s: Towards a justice-to-come in South ...

Invitation: SaferSpaces Online Conference On 7 and 8 June 2021 SaferSpaces will host an online conference on violence prevention in South Africa. The conference will cover a range of topics specifically related to the W...