Extract from Pumla Dineo Gqola’s Female Fear Factory
Female Fear Factory is the much-anticipated follow up to the 2016 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award winner Rape: A South African Nightmare....
In Their Own Words: Itumeleng Letsoalo shares her story
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a serious matter. South Africa has one of the highest rates of violence against women and gender nonconforming...
From UJ: How we are transforming the university to respond to...
Issues of gender and sexuality have been strongly debated in South Africa’s new democracy. From the National Women’s Coalition (NWC) in the...
From government officials to social media creatives, rape culture is everywhere
When comments and videos perpetuating rape culture are left unchecked, what message is being sent to survivors and victims of sexual violence?
When men speak out against abuse they must be ready to...
In the name of a progressive politics, in the name of spaces of teaching and learning about the inequities of the world,...
#SONA2021: A fatigued Ramaphosa urges South Africa to march forward together
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on February 11. It was markedly different from previous SONAs....
Private sector gets on board for fight against GBV
In 2019, over 1000 people marched around the Sandton CBD with a call for the private sector to fund the fight against...
Government red tape is actually sticky tape that never ends
Accessing government funds when existing as a NGO is like trying to jog in quicksand. In recent interviews with The Daily Vox,...
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...
We need to look beyond consent in discussions of sex and...
As a sexual violence researcher, one of the most important things I’ve learned about sexual violence, mostly...
Organisations Fighting Gender-based Violence in SA
We have put together a list of organisations fighting gender-based violence across the country.
“Men are trash” – everyday experiences of toxic masculinity
Acts of gender-based violence do not arise out of thin air. The violence is a consequence of a society that accepts and normalises everyday...
