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
An independent, rigorous process for investigating complaints of abuse of power of a sexual nature must be set up to provide guidance for tribunal investigations
The case of Prof. Tawana Kupe has brought into focus a larger dilemma facing higher education institutions
Despite strong legislation, South Africa is failing to address its unacceptable rates of woman abuse
The Sexual Offence and Domestic Violence Act was passed but much more needs to be done
He faces up to life in prison, a dramatic fall for the singer long praised as R&B’s king
“Every day, on average, 137 women are killed by a member of their own family,” said Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director, in a statement released in March last year. These appalling figures are just one of the many consequences of gender-based violence and abuse, namely domestic abuse, which is defined as a pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner
Investigation finds extensive abuse of power by men allegedly working at organisations such as the World Health Organisation
The Netflix documentary explores the system that created the conditions for decades of abuse
There are not often consequences for men who are reported to have sexually abused women. But maybe, just maybe things are changing for the better.
The 67-year-old was remanded in New York’s notorious Rikers Island jail after the jury of seven men and five women found the once powerful Hollywood producer guilty of criminal sexual acts
Undercover investigation shows that controversial US-linked centres are defying government policy and providing inaccurate medical information
They’re ordinary people and need to hold each other accountable for their actions so that all genders can feel safe
Caritas has been operating in the strife-torn country since 1991, mainly coordinating programmes to protect children and assist displaced people
As protestors pointed out earlier this year in countrywide demonstrations, GBV is an epidemic that needs to be addressed with great haste
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
After being raped and abused repeatedly, a sangoma trainee reported her mentor to the police — only to be shunned
We must create cultures and norms
in all spheres of society that condemn gendered attacks
Boys should be taught how to speak to and about women, because language informs mindsets
It’s been 30 years since I found my voice – now ‘nasty’ women around the world are fighting back
With one in five men admitting to assisting in sexual assault, it is vital that those who abet perpetrators be deemed liable
Pell had been trying to overturn the verdicts and six-year sentence for sexually assaulting two 13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s
The former Vatican number three, is appealing against his conviction on five counts of sexually abusing two 13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s
Mathew Lane Durham’s sexual abuse of orphans in Kenya exposes a deeper disfunction with American voluntourism and Christian outreach in Africa
South Africa’s public-interest sector is not clean of alleged sex pests in the office
Australian Cardinal George Pell was sentenced in a Melbourne court on five counts, including oral rape and molestation of boys in 1996-1997
Runner-up Winner: Medi-App: Research Project
The Church has been hit by a series of child abuse scandals in recent years
In front of 45 000 supporters in the west of Ireland, the pope spoke of the ‘open wound’ of the Church’s sexual abuse scandal
Xuecheng is one of the most prominent figures to face accusations in China’s growing #MeToo movement
Apartheid’s ministers must account for their crimes and we too need to confront them
Earlier this month, Philip Wilson was sentenced to a year in detention after becoming one of the highest-ranking officials to be convicted