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    How inadequate services and untrained staff re-victimise sexual violence survivors

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    On Tuesday morning, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) officially launched a new report which looked at the critical gaps which exist in the provision of...

    Kasai, DRC: Testimonies Of Survivors Of Sexual Violence

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    These testimonies were collected during a field visit by a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) communications team to the Kananga project in September 2018. Kananga...

    The Daily Vox joins Izwi Lami anti-rape campaign

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    An anti-rape campaign by Health-e News invites rape survivors to share their stories, contact counselling services and campaign for packages of care. Before rape becomes...

    Police to increase security in Joburg CBD to protect women

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    The City of Johannesburg plans to beef up security and visibility in the CBD to protect women. This comes after the several high profile...

    Guerrilla art in Braam drives conversation on women’s safety

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    The Daily Vox spoke to Her Shadow, the self-taught animator and guerrilla performance artist who disrupted the streets of Braamfontein last week. The performance...

    Rhodes University Students Mourn The Death Of Khensani Maseko

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    Students at Rhodes University are mourning the death of third year law student, Khensani Maseko. Maseko was allegedly raped by her then-boyfriend in May...

    How Workplaces Should React To Sexual Harassment Complaints

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    Two South African civil society organisations faced sexual harassment allegations against prominent employees in the past year. The civil society #MeToo exposed many of...

    Patriarchs: Keep Your Noses Out Of My Panties!

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    Dear men and boys, Here's some good news - all of you men who measure less than 15cm will get a special bursary to study...

    Taxify Terror: “I am now living in fear because the driver...

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    Taxify SA has heavily criticised following several reports of misconduct by its drivers. Nomonde Siziba*, 22, from Cape Town is one of the women...

    Less judgement, more action is needed on female genital mutilation

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    Despite the dangers and growing opposition to the practice, female genital mutilation (FGM) persists across the world. According to the World Health Organisation, over...

    Pretoria Shutdown As Women And GNC People March Against GBV

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    On Wednesday, thousands of women and gender-nonconforming people took to the streets around Southern Africa. They were marching against the scourge of gender-based violence...

    Zolile Khumalo’s Murder Accused Abandons Bail Application

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    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...

    Police and higher education ministries hold campus safety summit at UWC

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    The first School and Campus Safety Summit held at the University of the Western Cape discussed campus crime as well as security issues arising...

    Our Mothers’ Warnings Will Never Be Enough

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    COMMENT Twenty-first birthdays in South Africa, while legally non-significant, often still carry much pomp and ceremony surrounding the idea of fully-fledged adulthood. Symbolic keys “to...

    Izwi Lami: Reporting rape when the police don’t take you seriously

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    Despite rape being a serious problem in South Africa, some police officers still don’t know how to treat rape survivors properly. After being raped at...

    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...

    Memory Banda On The Struggle Of The Girl Child In Malawi

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    There is fire in the eyes of Memory Banda when she talks about girls rights in her home country of Malawi. The 22-year-old has...

    The Rohingya crisis: a humanitarian disaster in Myanmar

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    Myanmar is home to an estimated 1.1 million Rohingya, a persecuted Muslim minority. Numerous sources both inside and outside the country have reported horrific...

    Women Forward: A Gendered Look At SA Politics

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    Women Forward (WF) began as a grassroots movement on farmland, planted among women who were marginalised. Domestic workers, farm workers and women from rural...

    Equal Education and Doron Isaacs: Setting The Record Straight

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    As former employees of Equal Education (EE), who recently left our positions, we have been deeply troubled by the release of former High Court...