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Selina Palm

Dr Selina Palm is a gender and sexuality researcher, activist and theologian based at the unit for religion and development research at Stellenbosch University.

To keep children safe from sexual abuse in our churches, we need to listen to them without judgment, believe them when they speak up and respect their voices and feelings. (Oupa Nkosi)
OPINION

Moving from words to actions to keep children safe from sexual abuse in churches

Her own church remained complicit in this abuse by silencing her voice, taking the side of her perpetrators and presenting her with distorted theologies of submission and…

  • Selina Palm
6 min read
In these 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children, religious leaders and faith communities can act to use the unique mechanisms of their faith traditions to help end violence against children. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
OPINION

How faith leaders can help end violence against children

If every South African asked their local faith leaders to act in accordance with this evidence, they could help turn the tide of this violence against children

  • Selina Palm
7 min read
n this handout picture released by the John Templeton Foundation shows the 2013 Templeton Prize Laureate, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu during the Templeton Prize ceremony at St. George’s Cathedral on April 11, 2013 in Cape Town. South Africa’s Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has been awarded the 2013 Templeton Prize by the US-based Templeton Foundation for his work in advancing spiritual principles such as love and forgiveness. (AFP PHOTO /TEMPLETON PRIZE / Ilan Godfrey)
DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH

Tutu’s dream of a church where all belong made real

Exclusion remains real for many LGBTIQ+ Christians – but there are committed activists trying to change that

  • Selina Palm
  • Laurie Gaum
8 min read