Women's Fear and Survival in Inner-city Johannesburg

How do women ensure their safety and recognise danger in a country where rape has become all-pervasive? In pursuit of some answers to these questions, we conducted focus groups and interviews with a variety of women living and/or working in inner-city Johannesburg. These included homeless women, commercial sex workers operating from the hotels in Hillbrow, female security guards working for Central Johannesburg Partnership (CJP) in central Johannesburg, and women waste management workers.