Ramaphosa Sets GBVF Recovery Deadlines
South Africa has launched a time-bound GBVF recovery plan to unblock stalled cases, fast-track forensic evidence and make municipalities address everyday risks facing women across...
Tag : Gender Based Violence
GBVF Inquiry Targets Justice Failures
A national GBVF inquiry is placing survivor experiences at the centre of efforts to expose justice-system shortcomings and strengthen protection, accountability and access to justice...
Ramaphosa Pledges Stronger GBV Response
South Africa’s response to violence against women is moving back into national focus as government prepares new measures following nine deaths investigated around Ekurhuleni communities...
NBI Mobilises Business Against GBVF
The National Business Initiative is mobilising companies to strengthen workplace interventions, fund prevention and support services, and build partnerships aimed at tackling gender-based violence across...
Shelter Indaba Pushes Survivor Support
South Africa’s shelter sector is bringing frontline organisations together this September to strengthen survivor support, funding and implementation of the country’s response to gender-based violence....
Global Safety Leaders Gather in Cape Town
More than 80 countries will be represented in Cape Town as global experts gather to turn research on violence and injury prevention into practical action....
Churches Urged To Confront GBV
Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Mmapaseka Steve Letsike has called on South African churches to become safer spaces...
Ramaphosa Backs Youth For SADC Future
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for greater investment in Southern Africa’s young people, saying they will ultimately determine whether the region achieves its Vision 2050...
Sophie de Bruyn’s 70-Year Challenge
Seventy years after helping lead 20,000 women to the Union Buildings, Sophie de Bruyn returned to those same steps with a challenge for South Africa:...
NSMSA Welcomes GBVF Council Appointment
The National Shelter Movement of South Africa has welcomed the appointment of Dr Zubeda Dangor to the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide, describing...