The African continent has experienced high levels of violence and brutalisation and needs empowerment. Empowerment means different things to different people and at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR), we understand this well. Our work embeds…
In South Africa, you do not have to go far to see inequality and experience it. Bestselling author and economist Noreena Hertz once said: "We live increasingly in a world of haves and have-nots, of gated communities next to ghettos,…
This year, the commemoration of womxn's month brings about a bag of mixed feelings. Some strides have been made towards protecting and safeguarding womxn's rights, security and bodily integrity, however, the reality on the ground is proof that these safeguards…
Our communities are the site of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and femicide. When these cases occur, it is communities that reel from such incidents and victims and perpetrators are often members of the community, with ties and roots in…
Gender-based violence in South Africa is a scourge. At the heart of it is the impact of imbalanced power relations at individual and societal levels and inequities that are entrenched in family, communal and social structures. Gender-based violence continues to…
Just as G7 hosts, Germany, and its European counterparts benefited from Marshall Plan investment after the second world war, the richest countries must now support global recovery by investing in four key areas. When President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa…