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Today, staff from Sonke Gender Justice are at a meeting organised by the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) in response to complaints lodged by the men’s organisations Isikhalo Samadoda and the Social Imbalance Movement. The organisations sent letters of complaint …
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A discussion of the government’s apathy towards gender-based violence in the face of staggering economic statistics.
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This comes from a financial news TV channel which is looking for women who are or were unable to earn a living because of domestic or gender-based violence, or women who were not given support in the workplace to deal …
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Mateenah Hunter points out that the Pistorius trial is an exception in justice delivery for female victims of violence.
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An outline of how gender-based violence damages the national economy, and why the Zuma administration doesn’t act against it.
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Sunday 5 October at Tshing location, Ext 2 Community Hall, from 12pm-5pm. Disebo Gift Owen Makau, a 24 year-old lesbian was found half naked and strangled on 18 September, 2014 in Ventersdorp. She had a wire around her neck with …
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Sonke Gender Justice was looking forward to hosting four women Nobel Peace Laureates in Cape Town next month during the World Summit of Nobel Laureates, but they are no longer coming to South Africa. Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Jody Williams, …
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Victim empowerment rooms are part of the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) Victim Empowerment Programme (VEP). SAPS is responsible for ensuring that victims of crime, especially sexual offences and other serious and violent crimes, are provided with a victim-friendly service …
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Sonke Gender Justice (Sonke) celebrates the verdict of guilty for murder handed down by the Butterworth Magistrate Court in the Eastern Cape on September 11 against Nkosinam Xabadiya for the domestic violence murder of Sandiswa Mhlawuli. Magistrate Doreen de Waal …
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This scorecard provides an assessment of whether national policies in conflict and post-conflict settings in the African region attempt to engage men and boys in the prevention and elimination of gender-based violence (GBV).ii This report analyses policies from nine African …
Czerina Patel points out discrepancies in the media coverage of two cases of intimate femicide.
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There were so many emotions in the Eastern Cape today… at the courthouse in Butterworth with us were two mothers – the mother of Sandiswa Mhlawuli (the 27-year old woman whose ex-boyfriend was on trial for killing her) and the …
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Last week we mobilised a large crowd outside of the Butterworth Magistrates’ Court during the trial of Nkosinam Xabadiya. We’re expecting even more people tomorrow when the verdict will be read. The protestors were wearing t-shirts remembering his victim, 27-year …
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As the Oscar Pistorius trial for the killing of Reeva Steenkamp draws to a close, it is important to note that on average, three women are killed by an “intimate partner” (former or current) in South Africa every day.1 Tomorrow, …
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Last week we mobilised a large crowd outside of the Butterworth Magistrates’ Court during the trial of Nkosinam Xabadiya. We’re expecting even more people tomorrow when the verdict will be read. The protestors were wearing t-shirts remembering his victim, 27-year …
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In response to inaction by the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE), sex workers and gender and human rights activists will stage a peaceful demonstration at the offices of CGE (132 Adderly Street, 5th Floor, Absa building, Cape Town) from 11h00-12h00 …
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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 …
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 …
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