The people responsible for the country’s successes are the victims of its political failures.
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A recent study of firms listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange suggests that companies with gender-diverse boards are more responsible corporate citizens.
The struggle for equal rights for black citizens in the U.S. today is backed by the promise of the 14th Amendment. A historian takes us back to the grassroots movements that led to its passage.
Bernie Sanders may have endorsed Hillary Clinton, but politics as usual has had its day. It’s time for progressivism to move fast.
South African law requires surrogate mothers to hand infants to their legal parents without undue delay. But it doesn’t provide leave for these parents to care for their infants. That is set to change.
Daytime television talk shows are known for their confrontational style. But there is a different model: a harmonious, cohesive and relational approach may offer a better way to communicate.
The massacre at an Orlando gay club is a savage reminder that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people still face harsh prejudice in America and lack full equal protections under the law.
Two recent controversial cartoons depicting people as apes have raised an important question: what are the legal and philosophical distinctions between harm and offence?
The idea of family is still undergoing fundamental change, but progress towards an egalitarian era may be hamstrung by class and wealth.
A violent attack on a female student at one of South Africa’s prominent universities was not an isolated incident. It told a universal tale of how patriarchy still rules.
An ‘us and them’ narrative pervades reporting about British Muslim attitudes, but there remains lack of understanding about what the separation of the church and state really means.
Whether the women’s U.S. soccer team wins its fight for pay equity, its existence alone shows just how much has already been won.
Publishing the data on the differences between salaries for men and women will only be half the battle.
Equal pay didn’t quite happen, nor did the end of the tampon tax. And Aung San Suu Kyi isn’t quite president of Mynamar. But we certainly had a good debate.
Despite economic hardships, young people haven’t been pushed into crime. But can we trust the data?
Measures to bring more female directors into the executive suite are failing to boost performance. Here’s why…
By challenging the courts, King Dalindyebo is testing the degree of impunity with which traditional leaders can get away.
Global leaders are signing up to an ambitious agenda in New York.
Initiatives to attract and retain women in science must overcome chauvinism and other obstacles to succeed.
Rather than hold on to the idea of equality of opportunity, it might be more accurate to say that we don’t really support it because it comes at too high a price.
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Adjunct Professor, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland University of Technology, Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of African legal pluralism, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Leadership and Organisation Studies, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University
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Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Brunel University of London
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Co-Director of the ESRC Centre on Digital Futures at Work, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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PhD Researcher (Conceptual History of Meritocracy), University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer, Durham University
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Director, Centre for Sustainable Communities, University of Canberra
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Professor of Philosophy of Education, Stellenbosch University
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Professor in International Social Policy, University of Southampton
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Senior researcher, Centre for Social Change, University of Johannesburg