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Jamela Robertson speaks at the SA Human Rights Commission hearing into racism and discrimination in the advertising industry.Image: Supplied
CEO JAMELA ROBERTSON

Women portrayed as ‘domesticated, sex objects or weak’ in adverts, SAHRC hears

SA advertisers portray women as domesticated, sex objects or weak, the Commission for Gender Equality’s CEO Jamela Robertson said on Thursday. Robertson said the advertising, film and other modes of communication follow the notions of…

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