Fighting Abuse of Women In Western Cape Farmlands
In part one of a four-part series on gender-based violence and grassroots activism, we look at an anti-GBV community-response team in the small Western Cape town of Klapmuts. It is a tall order for an organisation with no funding to provide protection and safety for female victims of gender-based violence (GBV) 24 hours a day. […]
Fighting Abuse of Women in Western Cape Farmlands
In part one of a four-part series on gender-based violence and grassroots activism, we look at an anti-GBV community-response team in the small Western Cape town of Klapmuts. It is a tall order for an organisation with no funding to provide protection and safety for female victims of gender-based violence (GBV) 24 hours a day. […]
International Day For The Elimination Of Violence Against Women
As in previous years, this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women launches 16 days of activism to be concluded on the 10th of December 2020 — the day that commemorates the International Human Rights Day. Several public events are being coordinated and iconic buildings and landmarks will be ‘oranged’ to recall […]
End Violence Against Women in Politics – Pressure Group
Women Reform Network, a grouping of 25 women’s rights organisations that advocate for gender equality has condemned the use of violence against women politicians. The statement follows the recent attack of the MDC Alliance Zvimba South constituency coordinating member Maria Wemba. She was allegedly abducted and tortured by suspected Zanu PF youths last month ahead […]
Women Activists Angry Over ‘Extreme Acts’ of SGBV Amid Covid-19, Call for Tougher Actions Against Perpetrators
The mutilation of the genitals of a 22-year-old woman in Sinoe County has triggered anger among women’s rights advocates who have since begun calling for tougher judicial actions people who carry out dehumanizing acts of violence against women. Patience Teah suffered an extreme act of violence at the hands of her fiancé, Joe Winnie, who […]
UNFPA Launches Campaign to Combat Violence Against Women
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Tunisia has launched a campaign to combat violence against women and girls, in cooperation with the Centre for Research, Studies, Documentation and Information on Women (CREDIF) from October 20 to 27, it said in a statement Thursday. The campaign is supported by the Japanese government under the programme […]
Abuse Accusations Surge In Ethiopia’s War
The young coffee seller said she was split from family and friends by an Ethiopian soldier at the Tekeze river, taken down a path, and given a harrowing choice. “He said: ‘Choose, either I kill you or rape you’,” the 25-year-old told Reuters at the Hamdayet refugee camp in Sudan where she had fled from […]
Three Women Arrested For Aiding FGM
Police in Ndoleli, Igembe North on Friday arrested three women for helping five girls undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) on Monday. Also aiding in the investigations are three girls aged 15, 16 and 17, who were found to have already undergone the cut. Two others escaped the dragnet of the local Nyumba Kumi team. Among […]
Roadmap For Shutting ‘Witch Camps, Healing Centres’
The practice of magical skills, spells, and abilities is deeply ingrained in the Ghanaian culture – witches and wizards are believed to hold powers for fortunes or mishaps, hence they are mostly held responsible for natural disasters, accidents, bareness and the like in some African societies. In Ghana, although this belief is widespread, stories that highlight the […]
Violence Against Minors Still Worries Gender Stakeholders
THE community has to use official forums to bring changes on cases of violence against minors. According to a survey which was made by this newspaper in different areas of Ilemela district, Mwanza region recently, it was revealed that there are still many cases of violence reported at various centres. Gender desks and one-stop centres […]
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