The reporting of sexual violence has been one of the ugliest blights of our democracy. Research throughout the years has revealed disturbing accounts of women regularly shunned at police stations
These included 9 859 cases relating to sexual abuse reported in all nine provinces
A constitutional challenge to the Mandatory Minimum Sentences Regime and the Criminal Law Amendment Act aims to show that these Acts fail to consider the effects of prolonged violence against women by an intimate partner
Acceptance of abusive workplace situations often has its roots in childhood trauma. There are no simple routes into healing, but the work must be done – and shared
A report by the Tears Foundation has highlighted that women don’t report cases to the police and call for help from work, emphasising the need for personal, confidential services
It is up to actors at all levels of society to rescue institutionalised prejudice that undermines the freedom and dignity of women and girls
As the economic crisis worsens mental health professionals see a parallel rise in domestic violence
South African women experiencing multiple abuses is an all-too-common story. One woman opens up about how she became susceptible to spiritual abuse – and how she got out
The former minister was found to have played a strategic role in ensuring the ground was fertile for the Guptas to plunder Denel
Among other psychosocial concerns, pre-teen and teenage births contribute to poor mother and child nutrition results
In the face of their families’ poverty, young men, persuaded by the prospect of wealth or education, travel to Europe with their older female sponsors only to be trafficked for sex
Our country is wrapped in layers of trauma caused by violence, crime, chronic hunger, deprivations, broken families, exploitation, lack of opportunities, inequality and the omnipresence of death
This tool developed by the Triad Trust and The Foundation for Aids Research, Amfar, will point you to the gender-based violence services closest to you – no data needed
Women and girls make up almost half of the gaming community but are hardly represented and face abuse in the industry
How many times should we be outraged before real action is taken to prevent, and not just address, the scourge of sexual abuse in schools?
Behind closed doors, domestic workers are vulnerable to workplace violence and abuse, with little recourse against their employers
More than 17-million children around the world are involved in domestic labour. The recent death of 17-year-old Salome Zacharia in Tanzania highlights their plight
The judicial system alone and appealing to miscreants has not stopped attacks on women
The murder of Precious Ramabulana was brutal and shocking, but it is not unique. This is us now
The fund is one of the “key actions” identified by the interim committee on gender-based violence and femicide at a recent meeting in Pretoria
The beating, assaults and abuse are not something that just happens to women, yet that’s how the stats make it seem.
Equatorial Guinea spends its oil revenue on prestige projects and not on health and education
The man who beat Danel Rooskrans to death is behind bars, but that doesn’t change the pain and rage her loved ones are left with
With one in five men admitting to assisting in sexual assault, it is vital that those who abet perpetrators be deemed liable
Women with communication disabilities are more likely to be victims of violence. But technological communication aids can help them speak out
South Africa has one of the highest rates of violence inflicted on women and girls in the world
A court in Lyon ruled that Cardinal Phillip Brown was guilty of failing to report the abuse of a minor between 2014 and 2015.
Babes Wodumo has opened a case of assault against Mandla ‘Mampintsha’ Maphumulo
Often underreported, boy-on-boy sexual assault is “one sexual crime that is on a drastic increase”
Women also abuse men, siblings abuse siblings, parents abuse children and it’s all bad
Exploring the violence of black men through the writings of Darnell Moore gives some answers
It happens far more frequently than is generally believed, and can psychologically scar men for life