Katherine Robinson, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/katherine-robinson/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Fri, 05 Dec 2014 14:18:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.mambaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-mamba_logo_output-32x32.png Katherine Robinson, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/katherine-robinson/ 32 32 16 Days of Lip Service https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/12/05/16-days-lip-service/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/12/05/16-days-lip-service/#respond Fri, 05 Dec 2014 14:15:16 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=47779 When friends and family ask why I am busier than usual, my response is rather morose and bitter: “Sixteen Days of lip service keeps me super busy.” Spammed with emails, phone rings off the hook-the media suddenly cares about gender-based violence and gender equality. Governments’ speeches, which have begun to echo the sluggish monotony of […]

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2014/12/05/16-days-lip-service/feed/ 0 MANDELA & HUMAN RIGHTS HYPOCRISY https://www.mambaonline.com/2013/12/09/mandela-human-rights-hypocrisy/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2013/12/09/mandela-human-rights-hypocrisy/#comments Mon, 09 Dec 2013 17:34:29 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=36995 Sixteen Days of Activism against gender violence ends this Tuesday at a poignant time: on International Human Rights Day, the same day South Africa will hold the official memorial service for one of the world’s most respected human rights icons. Sadly, every call for equality and justice seems so trite and less profound each time, […]

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