UWC students march against GBV and university’s silence on reported cases
Two cases of sexual assault involving three EFFSC leaders at UWC provoked students to march against gender-based violence on campus.
Violence against women
Sexual violence in schools is worse than reported – report
By Stats SA estimates, 1 in 5 children are victims of sexual violence while the Western Cape education department says there have only been five reported cases at schools in the province so far this year.
Migrant labour and superstitions combine to make elderly women and young girls in Lusikisiki vulnerable to rape
A report by the CSVR paints a picture of how violent masculine cultures are behind Lusikisiki’s country-leading statistics on gender-based violence.
Plea to transform Clareinch Post Office to a place of healing as Uyinene is remembered
The Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation, the University of Cape Town (UCT), and civil society organisations marched from Uyinene’s former residence, to the Clareinch Post Office where she was brutally murdered in 2019.
Men picket in Khayelitsha against GBV after teen’s rape and murder
The local councillor says that there have been too many reported cases of rape in Taiwan informal settlement this year for men not to make a stand for the security of women in their community.
Around the world, trade unions are championing LGBTQI+ rights in the workplace
LGBTQI+ workers still face discrimination and harassment in the workplace, exclusion from the labour market, poor working conditions and lower wages, while homophobia limits the inclusion and participation of LGBTQI+ workers within the trade union movement itself.
The decades-long legal struggle of Taiwanese electronics workers
In the late 1960s, the authoritarian government of Chiang Kai-shek invited the US firm Radio Corporation of America (RCA) to transfer part of its television […]
Sex workers decry police abuse and call for decriminalisation of their work
Sex workers remain vulnerable to abuse and when police are so often the perpetrators, they have little to no protection from the law.
HIV/Aids stigma still real
Despite strides being made on the science front when it comes to the treatment of HIV, activists say stigma remains a big problem in communities.
Khayelitsha men talk about gender-based violence
Imbizo ya Madoda saw men living in and around Khayelitsha participating in a long overdue and crucial conversation around GBV.
Khayelitsha tavern owners talk about GBV
Bheki Cele urged tavern owners to teach patrons how to drink.
Affected communities protest mining companies’ damages
Women in mining-affected communities say they bear the brunt of mining activities.
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