​Forced marriages, sexual corruption, and polycystic ovary syndrome. These are some of the issues that experts at Stellenbosch University highlighted in opinion pieces for the media in celebration of Women's Day on Saturday 9 August. Click on the links below to read the articles as published.

• ​Prof Astrid Treffry-Goatley and Sadiyya Haffejee (A new generation of girls is fighting forced m​arriage in South Africa — Mail & Guardian)
• Prof Amanda Gouws (We live in dangerous times of anti-gender ideology and democratic backsliding — Daily Maverick)
• Laura Hartman & Prof Rizwana Roomaney (The impact of PCOS on self-image, self-esteem — Cape Argus)
• Prof Sope Williams (A call to protect women's dignity, rights — Weekend Argus)
• Prof Juliana Claassens (Keeping women's stories alive: From a wartime lens to today's witnesses — News24)​