OPINION | A great deal more must be done to end gender-based violence – these 3 things are key

Most towns have at least one shelter dedicated to women and children fleeing abusive situations. However, far too few exist to protect...

09 Dec 2022

Are you being sexually harassed at work? Lawyers explain what determines 'unwelcome conduct'

Sexual harassment in the workplace is defined as "unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature, whether direct or indirect, that the perpetrator...

09 Dec 2022

One 'No Bail' petition started in South Africa every 5 days

Only few of these ended in success wherein alleged perpetrators did not receive bail.

09 Dec 2022

'I'm a warrior': How the anti-HIV injection empowers young women

South Africa’s medicines regulator has just approved an anti-HIV injection called CAB-LA, which could be in clinics by August 2023 — but...

08 Dec 2022

Anti-troll tool to help women tackle online abuse and collect evidence

Women in Africa are routinely targeted in coordinated online attacks by trolls who flood their victim's social feeds with threatening...

07 Dec 2022

Violence against women is staggeringly high in South Africa

Activism now takes the form of sporadic issue-driven action, such as the campaigns by #TotalShutDown and #EndRapeCulture. While this type...

02 Dec 2022

Drink spiking is rife - 'Never accept a drink from a stranger or leave your drink unattended'

"Never accept a drink from a stranger or leave your drink unattended, unwatched or uncovered. An open or unmonitored glass makes you...

30 Nov 2022

Good, bad & ugly: How SA’s fight against GBV & femicide is going

Between April 2020 and September 2022, 988 women were killed by their intimate partners, police data shows. In about the same time, the...

29 Nov 2022

From wig-making and nail art to driving, GBV survivors learning to thrive despite abuse

At the current rate of progress, it may take close to 300 years to achieve full gender equality.

25 Nov 2022

28 GBV survivors are learning to farm in North West village thanks to POWA

Through the programme, partner organisation, Food & Trees for Africa is teaching GBV survivors to use permaculture methods to plant...

25 Nov 2022

OPINION | Juliana Claassens: We are taught to look away when GBV happens. We shouldn't anymore

Every year, we look away, or pretend gender-based violence is not happening to women in our community, for we want to believe that is the...

25 Nov 2022

Cyril Ramaphosa | GBV: Men are the problem, but they need to be part of the solution

Men are the perpetrators of gender-based violence and it is therefore men who need to change. It is men – as husbands and partners, as...

28 Nov 2022

'My daughter was stalked and killed by her ex-boyfriend. She lived a nightmare'

"I keep expecting my child to walk through the door any minute. We haven’t come to terms with her death. It is absolutely horrifying."

01 Dec 2022

'Abuse is Not Love': YSL launches campaign to fight intimate partner violence with local NPO ADAPT

Yves Saint Laurent Beauty has extended its global intimate partner violence prevention programme to local shores.

25 Nov 2022

Attention all men: Your silence is part of the GBV scourge, but your voice can turn things around

Where do men fit in, in the fight against gender-based violence? TEARS Foundation believes that it starts with men and boys.

25 Nov 2022

Buy with no money, healing together: How one woman is changing women's lives in her community

Elizabeth's Walk, founded in 2020, helps women get back on their feet.

25 Nov 2022

Why people (especially men) engage in street harassment

Unsurprisingly, participants said they were either solely or disproportionately harassed by men, reflecting what we know about...

25 Nov 2022

A book from a survivor to women: 'Don't let your perpetrators win'

WARNING: This article contains details of rape.

25 Nov 2022