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Social media can change actions that drive gender-based violence

Institute for Security Studies — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 05:40:13 +0000

What we say and where we say it matters for preventing discrimination, and social media is now a priority.

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Calling it a crisis won’t prevent violence against women

Institute for Security Studies — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 08:54:55 +0000

South Africans need to frame the problem as an endemic social condition that they can stop through deliberate action.

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Facing the beast of rape, femicide and child murder

New Frame — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:52:45 +0000

Gender-based violence is highlighted in several heartbreaking performances at the Makhanda National Arts Festival. Unfortunately these stories have their roots in reality.

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Bloody land-grab strategy targets older Kenyan women

New Frame — Mon, 30 May 2022 09:00:41 +0000

Often, as soon as male relatives die, single or widowed Kenyan women are accused of witchcraft and killed by conspiring people who then take the land on which their victims lived.

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Justice for gender-based violence is ‘a fairy tale’

New Frame — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 10:17:41 +0000

There is a backlog of cases in the courts and the police remain ill-equipped to deal with reports or the victims of assault.

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