End this epidemic of violent abuse
In terms of budget allocations and intent, the government has tried to correct the problems in urban communities but is failing via performance.
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HRW report puts gender task team under scrutiny
The efficacy of a task team set up to address the issue of violence against lesbians and transgender men in South Africa has been questioned.
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Report finds lesbians live in terror
Human Rights Watch says SA's lesbians and transgender men in townships and rural areas live in constant fear of harassment and "corrective rapes".
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Solve rape cases, activists demand
Gay rights activists marched to the KwaThema police station to voice their frustration over the police's "inaction" about solving hate murders.
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Changing the language of prejudice
SA has been referred to as the global capital of rape. More recently we've become the international headliner for "corrective rape".
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The tide of intolerance must turn
A transgender man who endured corrective rape in Uganda hopes for a change in attitudes.
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'All South Africans must act against corrective rape'
The NYDA and ANCWL have added their voices to the call for state and civil action to be taken to prevent "cowardly" sexual attacks on lesbians in SA.
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Only a matter of time before next 'corrective rape'
They found Noxolo Nogwaza's body in a ditch. The lesbian activist had been stabbed with broken glass, and her teeth had been knocked out.
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Thirteen-year-old a victim of 'corrective rape'
A 13-year-old lesbian girl was raped in Atteridgeville, Pretoria, the department of justice and constitutional development said on Friday.
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'People are dying as we speak'
Glynnis Underhill introduces us to an angry Cape Town woman who risks life and limb to help victimised lesbians.
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