President Cyril Ramaphosa says Gender-based violence is not a women’s issue, but a human rights issue. Ramaphosa was speaking at the launch of the first-ever… Read More »Ramaphosa Launches GBV And Femicide Fund
A familiar song produced in 1983 and taught in schools around the world as part of a sexual abuse prevention programme, has been given a… Read More »“My body” – 16 Days Song That Can Save A Life – Lira, Goodluck, Mariechan And Gigi LaMayne
Deputy President David Mabuza has asked South Africans to join hands in the fight against gender-based violence and femicide. Mabuza officially launched the 16-Days of… Read More »Mabuza Calls For Unity In The Fight Against GBV
Government is intensifying its fight against gender-based violence with Police Minister Bheki Cele says there will be no mercy for perpetrators. He was addressing residents of Phuthaditjhaba… Read More »No Mercy For GBV Perpetrators – Cele
Police Minister Bheki Cele on Tuesday said South Africa did not stand as good a chance of beating gender-based violence as it does the COVID-19… Read More »Cele Identifies Hotspots And Rates Chances Of Defeating GBV
Looking out over the skyline of the vibrant city of Johannesburg, one youth activist considers the work that still lies ahead to safeguard women’s rights… Read More »Youth Activist-Led Social Enterprise Inspires Next Generation Of Female Leaders
Wathint’ abafazi, wathint’ imbokodo,uza kufa! (You strike the women, you strike a rock, you will die!): a well-known freedom song sung by 20 000 women… Read More »Women Are Tired Of Being A Hashtag
“He’s in the next room — if he hears me, I’ll have to hang up.” That call to the Family Place, an organization in Dallas,… Read More »Violence Against Women Increasing During Pandemic
Police have not yet arrested any of the criminals who raped and killed a grandmother and sexually assaulted her granddaughter in Soweto, but said that… Read More »Still No Arrests Made In Connection With Rape Of Soweto Grandmother, Granddaughter
If boys are taught to respect women, they will think twice before hurting them when they grow into men, says Durban academic Dr Claudine Hingston.… Read More »To Curb GBV, Boys Must Be Taught To Respect Women