Tag: GBV Lockdown

Millions of women and children around the world have been faced with two pandemics amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The ...

The increasing number of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) against women and children during the nationwide lockdown is alarming.

Despite many attempts and programs by government and civil rights groups to stop gender-based violence, some people continue to experience ...

Many social issues have come under the spotlight as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown, and domestic violence is one ...

After South Africa experienced a high spike in the reported cases of rape in 2013, then Minister of Justice Jeff ...

In his weekly letter to the public, President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on men to play their part to combat ...

Eastern Cape-based Women's rights organisation, Masimanyane Women's Support Centre, has expressed shock at the rise of gender-based violence during the ...

As the lockdown continues fears are growing for victims of gender-based violence. A Cape Town-based organisation The One-Thousand Women Trust says ...

A 24-year-old man has been arrested by the police at Setlagole village near Mahikeng in the North West, in connection ...

The United Nations Secretary General has called on governments everywhere to make prevention and redress of violence against women a ...

Non-governmental organisation Sonke Gender Justice says organisations that deal with gender-based violence should coordinate their activities and share information to ...

Police Minister Bheki Cele on Sunday welcomed the general decrease in serious and violent crimes, attributing this to amongst other ...

Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says gender-based violence is not part of South African culture. Nkoana-Mashabane ...

Police Minister Bheki Cele says police have received more than 87 000 gender-based violence complaints during the first week of ...