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    From UJ: How we are transforming the university to respond to...

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    Issues of gender and sexuality have been strongly debated in South Africa’s new democracy. From the National Women’s Coalition (NWC) in the early 1990s...

    Book Extract – Stellenbosch: Murder Town Two Decades of Shocking Crimes

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    Stellenbosch is world renowned for its wine, gorgeous scenery, and beautiful people. It’s the home of students working towards their future, successful businessmen and...

    #TDVFridayRecommends: Netflix’s Justice Served is a messy South African story

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    Netflix has a new South African series, Justice Served dropping on July 29. If you like action, drama, politics, ambiguous villains AND supporting local...

    Map of GBV shelters in South Africa

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    This is a list of GBV shelters in South Africa. Read more: Here is a list of organisations helping to fight Gender-based violence in...

    #TheWifeShowmax tackles serious issues this week

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    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...

    Cultural norms that fuel prevalence of domestic violence need to be...

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    South Africa urgently needs to deal with the patriarchal cultural norms that fuel and normalise the scourge of domestic violence.  This is according to...

    Memorandum: Youth Day Parade for Justice & Change

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    Dear Mr President, We want to have a future! We – the youth – have addressed this memorandum to you and to every public servant...

    How the Depp-Heard case might shape the future of domestic abuse...

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    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,...

    The GBVF Fund annual report is out 

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    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...

    June 16 | “We are not free” – a film by...

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    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...

    Gender-Based Violence victims are #NotJustANumber

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    With an additional 9556 people having had reported rape between July 1 2021 to September 20 2021, South Africa still remains the destination of...

    New resource monitors countries’ responses to Gender-Based Violence

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    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...

    Government red tape is actually sticky tape that never ends

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    Accessing government funds when existing as a NGO is like trying to jog in quicksand. In recent interviews with The Daily Vox, two organisations...

    From government officials to social media creatives, rape culture is everywhere

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    When comments and videos perpetuating rape culture are left unchecked, what message is being sent to survivors and victims of sexual violence? A popular South...

    Quote This Woman+ on 16 Days of Activism

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    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...

    Impossible to evade GBV tsunami as South African women

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    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...

    If I was delivering the #SONA, I would prioritise… 

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    On February 9, president Cyril Ramaphosa will be delivering his seventh state of the nation address. This speech is meant to report on the...

    Murder of Johannesburg sex workers shows why South Africa must urgently...

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    The decomposed bodies of six women, four of whom were identified as sex workers, were recently discovered at a panel beating factory in Johannesburg....

    In Their Own Words: Itumeleng Letsoalo shares her story

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    Gender-based violence (GBV) is a serious matter. South Africa has one of the highest rates of violence against women and gender nonconforming people in...

    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...