Fixing the system starts at home, where parents and guardians who shield the perpetrators of sexual assault must be held accountable for their complicity
Many men, thanks to social stigmas, are ashamed to report sexual hate crimes – but they are almost as common as they are against lesbians.
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/ 20 February 2014
There is growing evidence which suggests interactions on social media sites like Facebook romanticise suicide for teenagers part of emo subcultures.
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It is important to be treated with respect by healthcare workers.
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The education programmes that should support young people’s quest for knowledge about sex are struggling, mainly due to teachers’ conservatism.
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/ 13 December 2011
<i>Mpintshi</i> volunteers are helping young people make life choices that will protect them against HIV.
GoGogetters encourage community awareness and solidarity with the orphans and vulnerable children who have to overcome many challenges.
The Sexual Offences Act of 2007, which criminalises consensual sex and kissing from 12 to 16-year-olds, is not helping HIV rates, a forum has heard.
Called <em>Make Your Move</em>, the show aims to equip young people with the tools to change their situations by themselves.
It’s about much more than pin-stripes and requires business and other leaders to open up social and economic connections between the world of plenty.
By taking to the streets with courage and a strong sense of defiance, those brave young people involved in the Soweto uprisings helped to bring down apartheid and usher in the democracy we enjoy today. Although young South Africans can stop focusing on liberation and enjoy more freedom of expression than ever before, the problems they face are as serious to them as apartheid was for the youth during the protests.
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/ 18 January 2005
The new loveLife campaign for 2005 was launched last week. It is again a message that is hard to understand.