Policies and laws exist to protect women and girls but we need to take responsibility and act on them.
Are 50 percent of men abusers?, asks Khaya Dlanga
Having ditched dissing their baby mamas, rappers GP Gangsta are now cheerleaders for women’s rights.
If the human cost won’t, will the financial cost make government commit to a comprehensive national plan to combat gender-based violence?
White women’s good intentions are wrapped in privilege and have to be open to challenge.
In cinéma vérité style, a filmmaker steps into a battered woman’s shoes to spotlight abuse.
Turning any form of violence against women into "art" risks making it seem socially acceptable or suggesting that it is a matter for debate. It isn’t.
Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai is deciding whether to veto a "backward" law that would restrict prosecutions for domestic and child abuse.
A lesbian rape survivor and community activist has told the Khayelitsha probe into policing how insensitive officers added to her ordeal.
President Jacob Zuma has marked the launch of 16 days of no violence against women and children, saying the crimes have no place in society.
Situations can get worse for women who are battered by their intimate partners: research now shows they are at higher risk of contracting HIV.
Women who experience gender-based violence have a higher risk of contracting HIV: this should be considered in South Africa’s prevention strategy.
Icasa is wrong in its interpretation of what makes us accept or reject something. The issue of dignity and abuse is not a science, but a morality.
In a country where most rape cases go unreported, a silent protest at five university campuses around South Africa found a new voice against the scourge.
Possessiveness and obsessive control over another person looks a lot like modern day slavery to Khaya Dlanga.
Grief over the rape and murder of Anene Booysen has given way to seething anger in Bredasdorp.
Cabinet ministers have come under fire from opposition MPs for missing a crucial debate in Parliament on gender-based violence.
The truth about South Africa’s peaceful transition and the everyday of democracy is as messy as the contested version of events on February 14.
The solution lays in addressing ‘how we raise our boys’ and "how we equip parents to be parents". But there’s a long way to go.
We should refuse to be discouraged by the ugliness, the mean-spiritedness and the hopelessness that seems to surround us, writes Khaya Dlanga.
If the media can shift the way in which it reports on gender-based violence, thousands of deaths might not be so utterly futile, writes William Bird.
The 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence campaign has become an empty ritual the nation performs to feel good about itself.
Victoria John’s report on the murder of Thapelo Makhutle made for shocking reading, writes Melanie Judge.
The controversial DJ Avicii cartoon points to deeper cracks in our society, writes <b>Verashni Pillay</b>.
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/ 16 September 2011
Gender-based violence: it is a useful term. After all, we need a portmanteau phrase to capture the panoply of horrors visited on women in our country.
The horrific, brutal torture of a teenage girl in Limpopo, which was caught on video illustrates our society’s systemic failure.
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/ 26 November 2009
Today’s guide shows you how to get protection through the courts If you are in an abusive relationship or a child in your care is being abused.
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/ 25 November 2009
SA’s "gender machinery is in disarray", with it not even being clear who is coordinating the 16 Days of Activism campaign, a group of NGOs say.
Journalist Charlene Smith looks back at the lessons she has learned and taught others about survival over the past ten years.
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/ 16 December 2008
Lebo Ramafoko of Soul City has been enduring years of abuse from an ex-partner. She has decided to ‘walk the talk’ and be open about her experiences.
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/ 11 December 2008
The year 2009 must become a 365-day campaign of no violence against women and children, President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Wednesday.