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Speaking out against D’banj

Africa Vincent Desmond - 29 Jun 2020

After accusing the Afrobeats superstar of rape, Seyitan Babatayo was arrested

Some black lives matter, others don’t

Opinion Andile Zulu - 18 Jun 2020

We condemn the killing of a black Americans, yet women, African foreigners and queer people are regularly abused and killed in SA

Editorial: Dropping celebs isn’t enough

Article Editorial - 6 Mar 2020

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.

What the Harvey Weinstein case can teach us about a complainant-centred process

Analysis Crystal Dicks - 2 Mar 2020

The verdict highlights a number of critical issues required to build systems, processes and advocacy when it comes to working in the space of gender-based violence

Editorial: Families of victims need more

Article Eyaaz Matwadia - 28 Feb 2020

It’s not up to us to feel offended when a politician visits the family of a victim of crime. These victims,...

Gender-based violence is a barrier to achieving development agenda

Analysis Tlaleng Mofokeng - 26 Feb 2020

Modern development strategies often recognise the pivotal importance of enabling women to fulfill their potential and contribute effectively to their economies. Yet they fail to recognise the need for concerted action to protect women from violence

Weinstein convicted of sex assault, rape in ‘new era’ for #MeToo

Article Peter Hutchison - 25 Feb 2020

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

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

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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."

Rape survivor a guide to children

Article Bongekile Macupe - 4 Oct 2019

Nonprofit organisation Action Breaks Silence educates children about sexual violence, self-love, empowerment, boundaries and expressing emotions.

Creating poetry out of violence

Article Carl Collison - 3 Oct 2019

Maneo Mohale speaks about the silence around queer sexual abuse and how she creates beauty

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Feminism 101: Pussies are not for grabbing

Article Joy Watson - 6 Sep 2019

It’s been 30 years since I found my voice – now ‘nasty’ women around the world are fighting back

The chain between words and violence

Article Eusebius McKaiser - 6 Sep 2019

Boys should be taught how to speak to and about women, because language informs mindsets

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Australia’s Cardinal Pell loses child sex abuse appeal

Article Holly Robertson - 21 Aug 2019

Pell had been trying to overturn the verdicts and six-year sentence for sexually assaulting two 13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s

Q&A: How Jammeh rape allegations were uncovered

Africa Birgit Schwarz - 26 Jun 2019

Researcher Marion Volkmann-Brandau on what it took to directly link Gambia’s former dictator to rape and sexual explitation

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