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    Sexual Violence

    Lockdown Could Mean Women Are Trapped Indoors With Their Abusers

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    According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), one in three women around the world experience intimate partner violence. The WHO notes: “This makes it...

    Teen pregnancy isn’t rising and 7 other things we learned from...

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    On Monday, almost a week after the brutal murder of Karabo Mokoena  sent South Africa into a tailspin, sparking rage on social media under...

    The Roe v Wade decision: young South Africans share their thoughts

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    On June 24, the US Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v Wade which was a ruling passed in 1979 ensuring abortions were constitutionally...

    Ukuthwala: the sex trafficking scandal devastating rural South Africa

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    “Back home in the Eastern Cape, ukuthwala is normal and has always been, so long as one has the means to pay lobola and...

    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...

    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...

    Women’s Organisations In South Africa Need Better Funding

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    Funding is perhaps the single biggest challenge facing women's shelters and anti-gender-based violence organisations in the country. The small amount of money government allocates...

    16 Days of Activism: how South Africa’s TV news gets it wrong

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    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...

    BDS-SA Launched Investigation Into Desai Allegations, Boardmember Says

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    Update: The BDS-SA board received the findings of the investigation this weekend which cleared Desai of sexual harassment, board member Tisetso Magama said...

    Gender Summit: We Need More Work Beyond ANC Politicking

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    The minister of social development Susan Shabangu stuttered over the pronunciation of LGBTQI. "Teach me," she said. The minister was addressing a crowd of...

    The Real Problem With Sexual Assault Scenes In 13 Reasons Why

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    Controversy has surrounded the popular American teen drama series 13 Reasons Why since the release of season one in March of 2017. At its...

    #SafeTaxisNow march in Soweto is not the end in the fight...

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    A group of women, children, and men gathered outside Bara Taxi Rank on Saturday, 24 June to disrupt the streets of Soweto. “Our streets!...

    #SandtonShutdown: Civil Society Pleads For Big Business To Intervene In The...

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    In the early hours of the morning, hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in Sandton. The protesters were...

    These women are learning to kick ass: “I need it so...

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    On Sunday, the 1in9 Campaign, i-LEAD and Soul City Institute hosted an empowering self defence class for women as part of the #SafeTaxisNow campaign....

    #ThisIsMyVagina: inspiration for women in male-dominated spaces

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    Naledi Chirwa, the national spokesperson of the Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command (EFFSC), recently told women and girls to take ownership of their vaginas...

    What the Malema ‘nutcracker moment’ at SONA says about sexual violence...

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    This post has been removed after it was brought to our attention that portions of it may have been plagiarised.

    Court ruling a victory but justice is still elusive for survivors...

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    Eight women and men took on the law so a businessman accused of sexually abusing them decades ago could be brought to book. He...

    5 Books To Read About Gender-Based Violence

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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...

    Equal Education: Alternative Report Questions ‘Exoneration’ Of Doron Isaacs

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    On Tuesday, following the earlier release of the report of an inquiry into sexual harassment allegations against the Equal Education co-founder and treasurer Doron...

    Here’s why the UN is calling for more women peacekeepers

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    The United Nations recently recommended that countries increase the number of female peacekeepers in peacekeeping missions. Last month, during the 71st UN General Assembly...