It will take more than policy to change South Africans’ excessive use of alcohol; we all need to take part in the Sober Curious movement
The reporting of sexual violence has been one of the ugliest blights of our democracy. Research throughout the years has revealed disturbing accounts of women regularly shunned…
These included 9 859 cases relating to sexual abuse reported in all nine provinces
A constitutional challenge to the Mandatory Minimum Sentences Regime and the Criminal Law Amendment Act aims to show that these Acts fail to consider the effects of prolonged…
Acceptance of abusive workplace situations often has its roots in childhood trauma. There are no simple routes into healing, but the work must be done – and shared
A report by the Tears Foundation has highlighted that women don’t report cases to the police and call for help from work, emphasising the need for personal, confidential services
It is up to actors at all levels of society to rescue institutionalised prejudice that undermines the freedom and dignity of women and girls
As the economic crisis worsens mental health professionals see a parallel rise in domestic violence
South African women experiencing multiple abuses is an all-too-common story. One woman opens up about how she became susceptible to spiritual abuse – and how she got out
The former minister was found to have played a strategic role in ensuring the ground was fertile for the Guptas to plunder Denel
Among other psychosocial concerns, pre-teen and teenage births contribute to poor mother and child nutrition results
In the face of their families’ poverty, young men, persuaded by the prospect of wealth or education, travel to Europe with their older female sponsors only to be trafficked for sex
How many times should we be outraged before real action is taken to prevent, and not just address, the scourge of sexual abuse in schools?
Behind closed doors, domestic workers are vulnerable to workplace violence and abuse, with little recourse against their employers
More than 17-million children around the world are involved in domestic labour. The recent death of 17-year-old Salome Zacharia in Tanzania highlights their plight
The judicial system alone and appealing to miscreants has not stopped attacks on women
The murder of Precious Ramabulana was brutal and shocking, but it is not unique. This is us now
The fund is one of the “key actions” identified by the interim committee on gender-based violence and femicide at a recent meeting in Pretoria
The beating, assaults and abuse are not something that just happens to women, yet that’s how the stats make it seem.
Equatorial Guinea spends its oil revenue on prestige projects and not on health and education
