The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) is pleased to announce that Ms Teresa Yates will assume the role of Executive Director, effective 1 August 2026. Ms Yates' extensive legal career spans strategic litigation, alternative dispute resolution,…
WHEN "YES" IS NOT FREE: POWER, COERCION, AND CONSENT IN SOUTH AFRICA Nearly seven women are killed by an intimate partner every day, a figure that has remained unchanged since 2009, placing South Africa among the countries with the highest…
Rights on Paper, Inequality in Practice: South Africa's 30 Years of Unfinished Constitutional Promise Thirty years after the adoption of South Africa's Final Constitution – hailed as one of the most progressive in the world; the question remains: Has it…
In the Shadow of Femicide: The Unseen Trauma of Families in Search of Healing and Justice This article is published as part of the CSVR Justice Op-Ed Series for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. The Bolwana* and…
Behind the Screen: How Digital Tools are Fuelling Gender-Based Violence What happens when the very technologies built to connect and empower us become weapons of surveillance, control, and gendered harm? Over the last decade, digital tools and online spaces have…
