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Ring the Bell on International Women’s Day 8 March 2013 7 Mar 2013 | 01:05 pm
6 March 2013 This International Women’s Day (8 March), in South Africa and across the world, thousands will Ring the Bell to stop violence against women. Ring the Bell is a global initiative that enco...
Sexual violence NGOs welcome budget allocations, call for immediate release of funds 28 Feb 2013 | 12:32 pm
The Shukumisa Campaign cautiously welcomed allocations made in the National Budget 2013 to assist in sexual violence services, but stressed that these funds must be released with immediate effect. “Th...
NGOs watch to see if statements condemning violence against women are translated into rands and sense 27 Feb 2013 | 12:29 pm
27 February 2013 The Shukumisa Campaign has urged Minister Pravin Gordhan to recognise demands for better services for rape survivors in South Africa ahead of the National Budget speech on Wednesday, ...
Lisa Vetten responds to claims that the women’s movement does nothing but talk 14 Feb 2013 | 08:27 pm
“But that road is not going to be led by our existing movement of violence against women. This much I know from reporting on it for 20 years and seeing how little we have managed to do but how much we...
Gender groups request a Commission and a multi-stakeholder fund to end violence against women 14 Feb 2013 | 12:27 am
Johannesburg, 13 February, 2013: A grouping of fifteen civil society organisations representing the gender and women’s rights sector, many of which provide prevention and support services for women,...
Sonke Gender Justice Network Calls on men to join ONE BILLION RISING CAMPAIGN 12 Feb 2013 | 05:47 pm
South Africa, 11 February 2013 On February 14, South Africa will be part of a global movement for change – ONE BILLION RISING, the largest day of action in the history of V-Day, the global activist mo...
Sonke Gender Justice statement about rape & murder of Anene Booysen 11 Feb 2013 | 06:41 pm
7 February 2012 Sonke Gender Justice joins the growing number of South Africans expressing shock and outrage over the horrific gang rape, mutilation, and murder of 17-year old Anene Booysen. “We send ...
Successful court challenge to the Sexual Offences Act 17 Jan 2013 | 12:53 pm
In 2011 Shukumisa campaign partners RAPCAN and the Teddy Bear Clinic challenged sections 15 and 16 of the SOA which criminalises consensual sex between children aged 12 -16. In practice this law denie...
Vacancies at TLAC: Attorney and Trainer required 18 Oct 2012 | 02:30 pm
Based in Johannesburg, the Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre (TLAC) is a multi-disciplinary NGO that promotes the right of women to live lives free from violence through research, advocacy, training ...
Townhall meeting on addressing violence against women in Lavendar Hill on 15 September 2012 14 Sep 2012 | 07:11 pm
Enhancing state and community response to Gender-Based Violence South Africa prides itself on exceptional legislation developed for the protection of women against human rights abuses. Yet every singl...
