Moving Cape Town from a colonial city into an equitable and celebrated multi-cultural future, so that all people may see their histories and memories represented, was the theme of a milestone knowledge-sharing workshop held on 27 March 2021...
Four of the commissioners are now women. They will work with the AU Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat from Chad (re-elected)...
Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz 18 Feb 2021
The Radisson Red V&A Waterfront in Cape Town has launched the #PlusIsEqual casting call for plus-size male models...
Not only is Triple Eight Africa's fastest-growing all-female marketing agency, they were also the 'overall winners for investing in young women' at the recent Gender Mainstreaming Awards. Here's the essence of the socially conscious marketing, PR and digital agency's success...
Leigh Andrews 13 Sep 2019
Women involved within the tourism sector in KwaZulu-Natal have formed a regional chapter, Women in Tourism...
One of the 2018 Nobel Prizes in physics went to Donna Strickland, a major accomplishment for any scientist. Yet much of the news coverage has focused on the fact that she's only the third female physicist to receive the award...
Mary K. Feeney 16 Oct 2018
The 30% Club has announced this year's recipients of the premier Gender Mainstreaming Awards...
Thando Ntsinde, account manager at Edelman South Africa, elaborates on the state of marketing communications in South Africa, the challenges females are facing in the industry and shares some advice on how women can empower themselves to move forward.
Juanita Pienaar 30 Aug 2018
Three women in the South African tourism industry share their tips for other women to find the success they want, in tourism or any other career path...
"As women, we are often told we need to grow a pair of balls if we want to succeed in the business world... women should not buy into the fallacy that they need to mimic men to achieve great success," says Jennifer Da Mata, managing director of Strata-G Labour Solutions.
People often argue that most Western societies have achieved gender equality...
Beatrice Alba 8 Mar 2018
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: A Google engineer who was fired after writing a memo defending the gender gap in Silicon Valley tech jobs as a matter of biology has sued his former employer for discrimination...
You can't spend five minutes online without coming across a piece about sexual harassment or gender discrimination in the digital marketing or technology landscape...
Robyn Campbell, Issued by Hellocomputer 16 Aug 2017
The Cannes Lions' ‘See It Be It programme' has named 15 female future creative leaders who will attend as special guests of the festival...
Over the course of August, Bizcommunity has dedicated much coverage to the experience of women in various industries. Here, we learnt the perspective of Carmen Schaefer, a senior design and art lecturer at Red & Yellow School of Logic and Magic, who plays a role in preparing young creatives for the advertising industry...
Pasqua Heard 26 Aug 2016
Jury panel leader for the Loeries' TV, video and radio category for 2016, Susan Credle shares her views on gender equality in advertising as well as a few life hacks and her best ways to get out of a creativity rut...
Leigh Andrews 4 Aug 2016
Looking at the perceptions of women communicated through advertising, Havas Worldwide Johannesburg MD Ursula McAlpine seeks to find out whether this has changed in recent years.
Issued by Havas Johannesburg 10 Feb 2014
Despite a strong focus on female empowerment, equal representation of women has not yet been reached within the corporate sector.
Kay Vittee 5 Aug 2013
Business Engage Association has launched the inaugural Gender Mainstreaming Awards, to encourage private sector and government to achieve meaningful representation of women in the mainstream.
The Women Empowerment and Gender Equality Bill, which was approved by Cabinet last week, has been published in the Government Gazette and is ready for public comment.
Based on financial losses (US$114 billion) and time lost ($274 billion), the cost of global cybercrime has been calculated at an annual price of $388 billion, more than the combined global black market in marijuana, cocaine and heroin of $288 billion. Globally, every second, 14 adults become a victim of cybercrime, resulting in more than one million cybercrime victims every day.
Based on findings from 126 media houses and representing 23 678 employees, "Glass Ceilings: Women and Men in Southern African Media" shows great strides forward when it comes to gender equality in media, but also how much work remains to meet commitments outlined in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Gender and Development.
Colleen Lowe Morna & Pat Made 20 Aug 2009
Medscheme and the leaders of major Independent Practitioner Associations (IPAs) have jointly announced a breakthrough agreement aimed at significantly improving the quality and cost effectiveness of healthcare delivery in South Africa.