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    #MosqueMeToo: Harrowing allegations emerge from report about Fatih Seferagic

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    Facing Abuse in Community Environments (FACE), a US-based organisation, has released a report into serious allegations against Fatih Seferagic. Seferagic, a German-born reciter, visited...

    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...

    “I can’t do anything to protect myself”: Homeless women on dangers...

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    Homeless women and women who live in shelters are among society’s most vulnerable. They have no walls to protect them from violence, fists, or...

    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,...

    WTF is up with DJ Dimplez’ rapey cover art?

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    Twitter was split this week in a discussion on the sinister cover art of DJ Dimplez’ new single, What A Night. The cover art...

    #WitsAmINext: Wits Community Demands Safety For Female Students

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    Clad in black and purple, students and staff at Wits University joined the country in speaking up about gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide on...

    Know Your Rights: Sexual Harassment in SA

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    EXPLAINER Those accused of sexual harassment often deny that the behaviour they’re accused of is sexual harassment. But sexual harassment has harmful effects on those...

    Did the Minister of Women seriously victim-blame Karabo Mokoena?

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    Minister of Women in the Presidency, Susan Shabangu, said on Saturday that Karabo Mokoena, who was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend Sandile Mantsoe, was...

    “Conspiracy Of Silence” Happening Around The Rohingya Muslims

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    After last year's condemnation around the violence which was being committed against the Rohingya Muslims, the world seems to have gone silent once more...

    A Safe Space At UCKAR: The BACK.TALK Womxn’s Collective Poster-Making Workshop

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    Stationary and paper clippings litter the floor of the Rhodes University Fine Art Department. As you enter, you are greeted with gentle music and...

    Toxic Masculinity In Football Needs To Be Addressed

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    This weekend, the news and social media were awash with images of Kaizer Chiefs supporters storming onto the pitch of the Moses Mabhida Stadium....

    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...

    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...

    Womxn in the EFFSC name and shame alleged sexual predator

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    The Wits Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command (EFFSC) is calling for the EFF and EFFSC structures to stand in solidarity for justice for *womxn,...

    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...

    The French anti #MeToo mocked and trivialised women

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    "We believe that the freedom to say "no" to a sexual proposition cannot exist without the freedom to bother." - 100 French women responding...

    At Gender-Based Violence Summit, Ramaphosa Calls For “Tangible Solutions”

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    "The murder of womxn* in this country is corroding the soul of our nation," President Cyril Ramaphosa said. He was addressing a room filled...

    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...

    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...

    “Men are trash” – everyday experiences of toxic masculinity

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    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...