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In South Africa we have great laws addressing our gender-based violence (GBV) problem, but we fall very short on implementation and accountability. As a result, very few of these laws help with the aftermath of rape while the body and mind try to process the devastation of sexual violence…

Courtesy www.samrc.ac.za Pregnancies among adolescent girls remain a global problem. An estimated 21 million girls aged 15–19 years in developing countries become pregnant and about 12 million of them give birth every year. Pregnancies not only have adverse...

Courtesy www.news24.com Cheryl Benadie, inspirational speaker and author of The Wholeness Revolution, grew up in an abusive home and understands how children who grow up in such situations are affected. She points out that girls from such households are more likely to...

Courtesy IOL.co.za An Atlantis woman who alleged that her father had kept her as a sex slave since she was a teenager, has now been served with a protection order by her alleged abuser. Last month, the woman spoke exclusively to this newspaper about her two decade...

Courtesy www.samrc.ac.za As a child, watching the violent and turbulent relationship between my mother and father was intense, but it taught me some important things. Among the lessons is that staying in a bad marriage is not helpful to the kids.  When I got older, my...

Courtesy www.sandtonchronicle.co.za The Tears Foundation hopes to teach more of the community’s youth the importance of speaking out and taking a stand against gender-based violence and femicide in South Africa. Ahead of 16 Days of Activism (November 25 to December...

Violence against women has become a serious problem in South Africa and the world. Information from different countries indicates that 35% of all women have been physically or sexually abused by an intimate or non-intimate partner. While women across the globe fall...

The South African Gender Based Violence and Health Initiative (SAGBVHI), will be hosting this conference in Gauteng, South Africa. Conference objectives are: to share research findings and methodologies on gender based violence and health, and to debate key challenges...

Johannesburg – The family of the woman, who was killed and burnt before being buried in her backyard, says they are not ready to forgive her husband who has been charged with the murder. “I am not sure if I will ever forgive him. Maybe I will forgive him one day, but...

Johannesburg – A man who filed a missing person’s report on his wife after allegedly killing her will appear in the Temba Magistrate’s Court in Hammanskraal on Monday, police said. Police spokesperson Captain Kay Makhubele said the 38-year-old man confessed to burning...

The spread of mobile technology and the internet has great potential to combat gender-based violence at a scale never before seen. But the spread of mobile technology and the internet has great potential to combat gender-based violence at a scale never before seen,...

The spread of mobile technology and the internet has great potential to combat gender-based violence at a scale never before seen. But the spread of mobile technology and the internet has great potential to combat gender-based violence at a scale never before seen,...