The role social workers play in fighting gender-based violence
In 2020, president Cyril Ramaphosa issued a national call for specialised units of social workers to deal with gender-based violence. This call arose from...
Rape is endemic in South Africa. Why the ANC government keeps...
Rape in South Africa is systemic and endemic. The country’s annual police crime statistics confirm this. There were 42,289 rapes reported in 2019/2020, as...
#TDVFridayRecommends: Netflix’s Justice Served is a messy South African story
Netflix has a new South African series, Justice Served dropping on July 29. If you like action, drama, politics, ambiguous villains AND supporting local...
The GBVF Fund annual report is out
In February 2021, the president Cyril Ramaphosa announced the launch of the Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Response Fund 1. Now the annual report...
After 10 years in camps in Myanmar, Rohingya mental health continues...
In 2012, when violence erupted between Rohingya and Rakhine communities, Zaw Rina’s home in Pauktaw town was burned down. She was forced to flee...
How the Depp-Heard case might shape the future of domestic abuse...
If you are even remotely engaged with popular culture, you have likely encountered the discourse surrounding the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard case. The trial was,...
Memorandum: Youth Day Parade for Justice & Change
Dear Mr President, We want to have a future!
We – the youth – have addressed this memorandum to you and to every public servant...
June 16 | “We are not free” – a film by...
For #YouthDay 2022, Eh!woza spoke with young South Africans about the progress, the hardships and the missteps the country has made as a young...
#YouthDayParade: “going beyond social media streets”
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation (AKF) Youth Activism Programme (YAP) is hoping to gather thousands of young people in Pretoria. This is to "reclaim the...
New resource monitors countries’ responses to Gender-Based Violence
Endgbv.africa is a new resource that was created to monitor countries’ responses to gender-based violence (GBV). The resource is meant to identify gaps in...
Explained: the gender-based violence laws in South Africa
Gender-based violence remains one of the biggest scourges in South African society. Everyday, women and gender nonconforming people live in fear of being victims...
#TheWifeShowmax lights too many fires this week
Hlomu is back with Mqhele and we are not impressed with her decision. At the same time we have to understand the realities of...
[WATCH] GBV film by high-school learners during Eh!woza’s Learner Doccies programme
GBV was produced by high-school learners (grade 9 and 10) during Eh!woza’s Learner Doccies programme. From the perspective of three women, the film takes...
#TheWifeShowmax takes care in approaching victims of violence
In the latest episodes of Showmax’s The Wife, Hlomu faces the difficult task of healing. The latest episodes also show us how endemic police...
Accountability for violence has to have tangible consequences
A convicted rapist was elected as a municipal mayor in South Africa. This happened just weeks before the annual 16 days. The 16 Days...
#TheWifeShowmax tackles serious issues this week
In the latest episodes of Showmax’s The Wife, the Zulu brothers face a taxi war with the Majola’s. All the while, Hlomu and Mqhele...
Gender-Based Violence victims are #NotJustANumber
With an additional 9556 people having had reported rape between July 1 2021 to September 20 2021, South Africa still remains the destination of...
Nigeria’s police: few promises of reform have been kept a year...
Police brutality is not unique to Nigeria. The menace is almost universal. It is the level of accountability and transparency in policing that makes...
Cultural norms that fuel prevalence of domestic violence need to be...
South Africa urgently needs to deal with the patriarchal cultural norms that fuel and normalise the scourge of domestic violence. This is according to...
Impossible to evade GBV tsunami as South African women
During the first three weeks of the Covid-19 lockdown, government statistics recorded more than 120 000 victims. Across all racial, class, and ethnic backgrounds...
