Elimination of discrimination against women and girls
The resolution drafted by Mexico and Colombia on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and Girls was co-sponsored by forty three countries including Botswana and Rwanda in the Africa Group. It urges States to challenge patriarchal attitudes and eliminate gender stereotypes, address unequal power relations that view women and girls as subordinate to men, reaffirms […]
Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women: engaging men and boys in preventing and responding to violence against all women and girls
Drafted by Canada and co-sponsored by sixty countries including Ghana, Rwanda and Botswana, the Resolution on Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women is the first resolution ever in the Human Rights Council to call on States to implement strategies to engage men and boys in preventing and responding to violence against all women and […]
Child, Early and Forced Marriage in Humanitarian Settings
The resolution drafted by El Salvador and Sierra Leone on early and child marriages in humanitarian settings represents an important step in putting the issue of child marriage in humanitarian contexts on the agenda of governments, UN agencies, humanitarian actors and others in crisis contexts.
Sexual Offences Courts: National Strategic Plan Draft
It is hereby certified that this Sexual Offences Courts: National Strategic Plan was developed by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. This was under the guidance of the Intersectoral Committee on the Management of Sexual Offences, normally referred to as the DG ISC_SO, which is chaired by the Director-General of the Department of Justice […]
Draft White Paper on the Police and Draft White Paper on Safety and Security
The Civilian Secretariat for Police is consulting on the Draft White Paper on the Police and the Draft White Paper on Safety and Security with a view to submitting it to Cabinet for approval for its introduction in Parliament. The Draft White Paper on the Police and the Draft White Paper on Safety and Security […]
Stop Violence against Women in South Africa
In recognition of the urgent need to respond to high levels of IPV and SV, the Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities (DWCPD) commissioned this study on VAW. This is the first national effort to compile, synthesise and analyse data on the scale, determinants, consequences and responses to VAW in South Africa. The […]
South African Integrated Programme of Action
The high level of VAWC is particularly alarming and continues to have a devastating and lasting effect on survivors. It also harms families across generations, as well as communities, and constitutes one of the key drivers of the HIV epidemic in the country. Violence undermines social and economic development, it reinforces intergenerational cycles of poverty […]
Review and Analysis of South Africa’s Implementation of 365 days National Action Plan
As a country South Africa continues to make efforts to address gender-based violence (GBV). This is done through numerous approaches and strategies including legislation, policy, and strategic leadership and mainstreaming gender into various components of its work. The government leads efforts to abate GBV. The 16 Days Campaign against GBV has gained momentum in South […]
Women Empowerment and Gender Equality Bill
This Bill gives effect to section 9 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, in so far as the empowerment of women and gender equality is concerned; to establish a legislative framework for the empowerment of women; to align all aspects of laws and implementation of laws relating to women empowerment, and […]
National Strategic Plan on HIV, STIs and TB 2012–2016
The National Strategic Plan (NSP) on HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Tuberculosis (TB) (2012–2016) NSP is the strategic guide for the national response to HIV, STIs and TB for the next five years. The plan addresses the drivers of the HIV and TB epidemics and builds on the achievements of the previous NSPs to […]
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007
WHEREAS the commission of sexual offences in the Republic is of grave concern, as it has a particularly disadvantageous impact on vulnerable persons, the society as a whole and the economy; WHEREAS women and children, being particularly vulnerable, are more likely to become victims of sexual offences, including participating in adult prostitution and sexual exploitation […]
