Opinion Pieces

5th August 2020

A hard life in a hard Lockdown

A hard life in a hard Lockdown by Belinda Pakati Growing up with my friends, we used to play games just to keep ourselves outdoors and […]
3rd August 2020

REVIEW: A magnifying glass and a fine-tooth comb: Understanding adolescent girls’ and young women’s sexual vulnerability

REVIEW: A magnifying glass and a fine-tooth comb: Understanding adolescent girls’ and young women’s sexual vulnerability By Naomi Webster (Human Rights Commission) Fictional characters come alive, […]
10th July 2020

Empowered to please my man (Post)feminist discourses in contemporary romantic comedies

Empowered to please my man: (Post)feminist discourses in contemporary romantic comedies by Elize Soer As fears related to the coronavirus COVID-19 have risen, so have the […]
10th July 2020

A critical engagement on gender and gender-based violence in community settings

A critical engagement on gender and gender-based violence in community settings You are cordially invited to the next seminar in the Gender, HIV and Sexualities Seminar […]
3rd July 2020

Sex, Drugs and COVID-19

Sex, Drugs and COVID-19 by Elize Soer South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, announced that a national lockdown would commence on 26 March 2020 in response to […]
3rd July 2020

The J(g)endered nation: Zimbabwe’s heroic and macho-currencies

The J(g)endered nation: Zimbabwe’s heroic and macho-currencies by Tinashe Mawere Introduction: Heroism and national masculinities Contestations around national heroism have been rampant in Southern Africa in […]
2nd July 2020

New CSA&G publication – A magnifying glass and a fine-tooth comb: understanding adolescent girls’ and young women’s sexual vulnerability

New CSA&G publication – A magnifying glass and a fine-tooth comb: understanding adolescent girls’ and young women’s sexual vulnerability   The CSA&G’s Gender Justice project published […]
19th June 2020

Digital advocacy on GBV during COVID-19

Digital advocacy on GBV during COVID-19 The University of Pretoria’s Centre for Sexualities, AIDS and Gender invites you to a web-based partner forum series on digital […]
17th June 2020

Mothering and Lockdown

Mothering and Lockdown by Dipontseng Kheo (all mothers quoted here gave their consent) As parents it is natural to want to protect our children from anything […]
16th June 2020

Launch – Social Justice Stories: Young People Reflect on HIV, Sexualities, Gender, Race and Inequality

Launch – Social Justice Stories: Young People Reflect on HIV, Sexualities, Gender, Race and Inequality When final year medical student Bettina Buabeng-Baidoo approached the Centre for […]