Measures such as better street lighting, training the police and enforcing gun control can effect real change
The latest media figures show that women are slowly advancing, but their experiences tell of little change at the top
The prevention of gender-based violence must become the starting point and not an afterthought.
What’s wrong with us? With our abnormally high incidence of rape it’s a question SA have to ask. This report is part of our 16 Days of Activism series
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/ 29 November 2010
When the story about a Jules High School girl allegedly being raped hit the headlines, I had a flash back to my worst moment as a mother.
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/ 25 November 2010
Almost 80% of men in Gauteng admit to perpetrating some form of violence against women, a study revealed by the MRC and Gender Links revealed.
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/ 25 November 2010
Executive director of Gender Links attempts to explain the difference between sex and rape in South African society.
After the Jules High School rape incident, the ‘Twitterverse’ lit up with stories from three local women who recounted their own experience.
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/ 19 October 2010
Nearly one-fifth of 30 000 news items in Southern African published over 14 days last year were based on anonymous sources, a report says.
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/ 15 September 2009
Women are well represented in newsrooms but struggle to find a place in senior management or on boards, according to a study by Gender Links.
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/ 5 December 2007
Hundreds of men and women, including Cabinet ministers, marched in Pretoria on Wednesday in support of the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children campaign. The crowd marched from Sammy Marks Square to the Union Buildings to hand over a memorandum calling for more to be done for gender equality.