{"id":40582,"date":"2026-07-25T11:19:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T09:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=40582"},"modified":"2026-07-25T11:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T09:19:12","slug":"discrimination-harassment-fuel-gender-divide-in-mozambique-study","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/discrimination-harassment-fuel-gender-divide-in-mozambique-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Discrimination, harassment fuel gender divide in Mozambique: Study \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite constitutional promises of equality, women in Mozambique are still facing uphill battles in classrooms, workplaces, and public life, according to a report by Afrobarometer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The research highlights discriminatory hiring practices as the biggest hurdle for women trying to enter the job market. Full-time employment among men is double that of women, and a troubling 42% of citizens still believe men should get first priority when jobs are scarce.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These barriers start early in life. More than one in five people surveyed say families still prioritise boys&#8217; education, while nearly a third report that schoolgirls regularly endure harassment and demands for sexual favors from their own teachers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Though most Mozambicans say they support equal political rights for women, safety fears and deep-seated social norms continue to hold them back. With almost a third of citizens noting that women are routinely harassed in public, three-quarters are demanding that police and courts take far stronger action to enforce protection.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":35478,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-40582","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Afrobarometer study highlights severe gender disparities in Mozambique","published_date":"2026-07-25 10:57:13","news_description":"Afrobarometer study highlights severe gender disparities in Mozambique","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40583,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40582\/revisions\/40583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=40582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}