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

What will it take for the government to acknowledge the link between gender-based violence and femicide and alcohol?

Gender-based violence often takes place at home or in intimate relationships, taking a traumatic toll on victims, their families and friends

The scales are still tilted in favour of men, but younger people with tertiary education have less discriminatory attitudes

The murder of Precious Ramabulana was brutal and shocking, but it is not unique. This is us now

Apps like My Safetipin and Safe Pace are making the public sphere safer

Men must foster a new humanity and women must go into combat mode

The man who beat Danel Rooskrans to death is behind bars, but that doesn’t change the pain and rage her loved ones are left with

South Africa’s long-term plan for dealing with gender-based violence requires funding and detailed data to be effective

Hundreds of protesters outside Parliament shouted down the police minister, as political platitudes failed

A network of strangers supports those trying to escape gender-based violence

Violence and abuse, particularly of women, needs to go beyond expecting the state to end it

The frictions that came to the fore at the march expose a need for forms of mobilisation independent of party politics

Hundreds of women along with members of the LGBTI and gender-neutral groups marched across South Africa raise awareness around gender-based violence

Hundreds of women took over the streets of Tshwane to march against gender-based violence on Wednesday

Many are in denial when a family member or friend is an abuser, perpetuating victim-blaming, writes Kagure Mugo.

Women and children bear the brunt of drug and gang violence, but help is at hand in the form of the Saartjie Baartman and Women’s Legal centres.

How to go beyond platitudes when it comes to teenage sexuality and abuse? One NGO has a solution: teach young women to know their worth and rights.

Some women find it hard to leave their abusers for economic and emotional reasons and feel ‘stuck’ in their situation.

To speak about sex in any form is taboo – unless it’s by those who make billions off it. This has plunged people into silence and vulnerability.