Gender Based Violence

Death penalty won’t stop sexual violence

Article Gushwell Brooks - 31 Jan 2020

It will take the end of patriarchy and an efficient justice system to jail more offenders

The sabotage that wasn’t at the SABC

Article Thanduxolo Jika & Chris Gilili - 31 Jan 2020

There is no evidence to support the broadcaster’s claim that its employees had co-ordinated a plan to botch the president’s speech

Not the Nobel Prize: Giving war criminals the attention they deserve

Africa Simon Allison - 17 Jan 2020

A new ‘award’, Spoilers of Peace, is designed to name and shame those people preventing peace in South Sudan

Southern African countries ‘struggling’ to protect human rights, says HRW

Africa Simon Allison - 15 Jan 2020

Rights group calls for South Africa to show stronger leadership

Men, get over the ‘monsters’ myth

Article Andile Zulu - 3 Jan 2020

They’re ordinary people and need to hold each other accountable for their actions so that all genders can feel safe

The war on women doesn’t stop

Article Vukani Mde - 6 Dec 2019

The murder of Precious Ramabulana was brutal and shocking, but it is not unique. This is us now

What women want: Men to listen and speak out against violence

Article Catherine Sozi - 29 Nov 2019

"Women do not have the power to stop rape. We cannot simply break our silence or act in certain ways to effect change."

EDITORIAL: No defence for sexual abuse

Article Editorial - 22 Nov 2019

As protestors pointed out earlier this year in countrywide demonstrations, GBV is an epidemic that needs to be addressed with great haste

Gender violence survivors get crisis fund

Article Sarah Smit - 25 Oct 2019

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

Women on the streets of smart cities

Article Jabulile Dlamini Qwesha - 25 Oct 2019

Apps like My Safetipin and Safe Pace are making the public sphere safer

Stats paint a distorted picture of violence against women

Article John Davenport - 4 Oct 2019

The beating, assaults and abuse are not something that just happens to women, yet that’s how the stats make it seem.

Violence is everyone’s problem; we must all act to stop it

Article Marc Lubner - 2 Oct 2019

Follow the principle of ‘do no harm’ and teach youth about their responsibilities and kindness

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Response to the report of the independent assessors

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

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