Activists and scholars must rethink their neglect of male victims if South Africa is to better understand and resist sexual violence.
Sexual harassment
Politics and Society Calling it a crisis won’t prevent violence against women
South Africans need to frame the problem as an endemic social condition that they can stop through deliberate action.
African identities Stop the violence: Another horrific hate crime against Kenya’s queer community
Queercide may seem far removed from heterosexual and heteronormative people but a society that does not strictly uphold the right to life and equal protection, under the law, for all people is dangerous for everyone.
Arts, Culture and Sport Boda bodas are critical to Kenya’s transport system. But they’ve gone rogue
The entire transport sector in Kenya is extremely chaotic and in need of urgent policy and legal interventions.
Politics and Society Circles of impunity: why sexual violence by humanitarians and peacekeepers keeps happening
WHO’s safeguarding failure in the DRC has re-focused attention on the sexual misconduct that surfaces with disgraceful regularity in humanitarian, development, and peacekeeping operations worldwide.
Politics and Society Lessons from the past: protecting women and girls from violence during COVID-19
A gender perspective to public health is essential to human rights and safety in crises situations.
African identities Men, gender equality and the search for gender harmony
Persuading men to participate more meaningfully in transforming gender relations is essential to shifting attitudes and behaviours linked to the “patriarchal dividend”.
Politics and Society #ShutItAllDown in Namibia – the fight against gender-based violence
The protests carried on for days and continue to simmer in a country whose social fabric has been torn by toxic masculinity and a violent colonial past.
Politics and Society ‘Sex for grades’ culture in West African universities exposed
A BBC documentary titled ‘Sex for Grades’ has exposed the extent of systematic sexual abuse against female students in West African universities. Although cases have been reported they are almost always dismissed due to lack of evidence causing an endemic that has left students vulnerable and unprotected.