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latest news & developmentsMentorship, masculinity and change: A township programme rewriting boys’ futures
A Cape Town NGO, Heroes Academy, is using mentorship, socio-emotional learning and life skills to reshape boys’ understanding of masculinity and help prevent gender-based…
Crime is increasingly detected online but policing remains offline
Being digitally present is a form of accountability: it signals that the station is not hiding behind central bureaucracy when communities are scared. It also enhances…
GBV pandemic at our doorstep
Violence against women has become one of the most pervasive public health emergencies in modern history
Confronting our innate perceptions to tackle gender-based violence
We cannot treat GBV only at its point of eruption. We must go upstream to the formation of identity and gender norms. This means funding and institutionalising programmes that…
Gender-based violence a cycle of silence, outrage and forgotten names
We need to ensure gender-based violence stays on the agenda beyond the headlines and the hashtags during Women’s Month
Diversity, equity and inclusion kills: Why we need to stop advocating for it
If power and accountability remain unchanged, inclusion efforts do not create equity — they reinforce vulnerability
Chris Brown: Should home affairs have acted?
The US musician, who has a history of violence against women, is set to perform in Johannesburg
Women’s shelters face closure over government funding shortage
Shelters also worry about a repeat of the Life Esidemeni tragedy if the government does not provide adequate funding to fill the skills gap of workers
Nedbank takes a bold stand against financial abuse: adverts to carry warning labels as the bank collaborates with POWA for 16 Days of Activism
From November 25 to December 10, Nedbank will feature a stark warning strip on its TV, radio, print, and online adverts as part of its campaign in support of 16 Days of Activism
SVRI Forum 2024: From crisis to change
Survivor-leaders call for global action against GBV
PSC launched to combat workplace GBVH
The Private Sector Coalition brings SA businesses together to fight the scourge of gender-based violence and harassment
Austerity is a silent war on survivors of gender-based violence
The support systems that GBV survivors depend on are being damaged by cost cuts, making it harder for them to escape violence and seek justice
In South Africa, women are always afraid of attacks
Some women spoke to the Mail & Guardian about frequently looking over their shoulder in fear of danger.
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
Justice ministry stands by its opposition to constitutional challenge to Sexual Offences Act
The applicants asked for the definition of consent in the Act to be declared unconstitutional