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16 Days of Activism: how South Africa’s TV news gets it wrong
South Africa is a country that experiences a very high level of gender-based violence. During the UN’s annual international 16 Days of Activism Against...
Quote This Woman+ on 16 Days of Activism
This year’s 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women coincides with the release of the Wits State of the Newsroom Report, which contains...
16 days of activism: What’s faith got to do with it?
As the 16 days of activism against gender violence begins, we need to question the role of all faiths and how they contribute to all...
16 days of f***ing activism
Despite years of "16 days of activism", women still face rampant violence and discrimination at every turn, women-hating men are still given a free...
The Daily Vox’s 16 Days 16 Voices Campaign
The 16 days of activism against gender-based violence begins this week in South Africa. While it's an important time, it is simply not enough...
The culture of gendered silencing: a comment on the 16 Days campaign
Mandipa Ndlovu believes says it's important not to underestimate the role of silence and force of culture in perpetuating the direct and systematic violence women...
#AIDS2016 through the eyes and voice of a young black woman
While the International AIDS Conference is lauded by many as a chance to celebrate progress made in HIV/AIDS treatment and research, ANDILE MTHOMBENI believes...
TAC: Nodding along to protesters at #AIDS2016 is not enough
Mark Heywood, the director of social justice organisation Section27 and a board member of the Treatment Action Campaign addressed the media on the sidelines of...
You can’t stop gender violence over these 16 days – but you can stop...
There are ways for ordinary people to help end sexual violence, but it's going to take a lot more than 16 days to do...
Five facts you may not know about June 16
If you are going to share Hector's photo, you might as well know the facts about June 16.
We know June 16 mostly because of...
QW+ Voices of the Year Press Release
Call for Nominations: The QW+ Voices of the Year Awards
Quote This Woman+ (QW+) has launched the QW+ Voices of the Year Awards to mark...
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...
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...
Gender-based Violence: Main Issue Youth Care About
Young people - especially survivors of gender-based violence - actually just want better access to healthcare. “Apathetic and uninterested young people” seems to be...
#RealMonstersOfSA Campaign Used Halloween To Raise GBV Awareness
Over the Halloween weekend in South Africa, a campaign was launched to raise awareness about gender-based violence (GBV). Two organisations came together for the...
Makhosi Khoza Brings African Democratic Change
“We are not politicians, we are activists,” says founder of the African Democratic Change (ADeC) party Dr Makhosi Khoza. While politicians are motivated by...
After Women’s Month, Women And Children Are Still Dying
It is the end of Women's Month in South Africa, and for me it still feels like being a woman in South Africa is...
Zolile Khumalo’s Murder Accused Abandons Bail Application
Father of the slain Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) student Zolile Khumalo says he hopes justice will take its course following the accused's abandoned...
Three soldiers in the Lesotho army are fighting their dismissals over pregnancy
UPDATE: The three women soldiers who were dismissed from the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) after falling pregnant have finally gotten justice. On 14 February,...
South Africa’s #MeToo gap: No accountability for high-profile men
The #MeToo movement began on our timelines - then became tangible as scores of high-profile American men are being ousted and fired for their...
