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Stop killing us: Five times as many South African women are killed by intimate partners than the global average; women with disabilities are 10 times more vulnerable. Photo Sharon Seretlo/Getty Images
ABUSE

Gender-based violence affects one in three women regardless of income group

A report by the Tears Foundation has highlighted that women don’t report cases to the police and call for help from work, emphasising the need for personal, confidential services

  • Lyse Comins
4 min read
Research shows that starting sex education at a young age can decrease the number of gender-based violence cases and teenage pregnancies. (Oupa Nkosi)
1ST FOR WOMEN

Tears Foundation launches digital gender-based violence educational tool

Research shows that starting sex education at a young age can decrease the number of gender-based violence cases and teenage pregnancies

  • Mandisa Ndlovu
3 min read
The latest adolescent pregnancy data from Statistics South Africa shows that 90 037 girls aged 10 to 19 years gave birth from March 2021 to April 2022, across all provinces.
GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AND FEMICIDE

South African teen pregnancies keep rising

As teen pregnancies rise, TEARS foundation urges adolescents to say no to abuse

  • Mandisa Ndlovu
2 min read