My family and I recently went through a gruelling experience of domestic violence perpetrated against a close relative. Unfortunately, because this was a family member who had been warned against what most of us characterised as “crazy love”, it was difficult to sympathise with her victimhood. Without realising it, we
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‘Women’s shelters are currently funded at about R9 per woman per day’
A study commissioned by the Joint Gender Fund; the National Shelter Movement and Henrich Boel Foundation last year estimated that the Department of Social Development provides only a quarter of the money needed for shelters to help women in need. This, while South Africa has a range of domestic shelters
Funding Women’s Shelters: The Best of Afternoon Drive with Joanne Joseph
Guest: Bongiwe Ndondo, Executive Director at Hlanganisa Institute for Development Sourthern Africa Listen to the full interview below…
29 Oct Research report into the consenting Operations of Domestic Violence Shelters
Hlanganisa Institute for Development in South Africa (HiDSA) in partnership with Heinrich Böll Foundation and the National Shelter Movement of South Africa cordially invites members of the media to the launch of their new research report titled: “WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY DUE? Costing the Operations of Domestic Violence Shelters”. The purpose
Shelter from the abuse storm: Josina Machel fights back
Former South Africa’s first lady Graca Machel’s daughter Josina during an interview highlighting the scourge of gender-based violence on March 04, 2017 Image: Gallo Images / City Press / Leon Sadiki “My abuser was the one who took me to the hospital. He beat me so badly I lost my
RELIGION MUST RESPECT – ACCEPT LGBTQ PEOPLE
In the past decade, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTIQ) people have made significant legal and political gains in South Africa, including the freedom to marry. LGBTIQ people across South Africa seem to lack clear recourse and redress when they are fired, evicted, or refused service because of their
ARE WE PLASTERING OVER SOCIAL ILLS
Growing up, it was not uncommon to hear the phrase “men are dogs” – often used by many of my matriarch during those acute episodes of romantic relationships gone wrong. I never took it literally and neither did I apply my mind to what they were implying, until I suffered
PARTNER ABUSES AMONG LGBTIQ
South Africa has been reported as having one of the highest rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the world. IPV is defined as violence between individuals in a romantic or sexual relationship; this violence encompasses physical, psychological/emotional and sexual violence. However, studies and social and behavioural change interventions have
SA Women in Dialogue honours Mrs. Sobukwe
South African Women in Dialogue honours the life and legacy of struggle stalwart Mrs. Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe, widow of Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) Founder Robert Sobukwe, who died at her home in Graaf Reinet at the age of 91, forty years after the death of her beloved husband. She was
Gender and News Summit providing learning platform for media
By Khalila Abdul Da es Salaam , 23 August:The Gender and News Summit has gathered over 150 participants from the media sector, civil society and government to share learn and advocate on gender equality. Speaking to several participants at the summit many young women and men shared how this has