ArticlesMediaAfrican Union, Climate Change, Peacebuilding, Transitional JusticePeacebuilding and Conflict Resolution in Africa Must Include Impacts of Climate CrisisWhen climate change impacts affect people’s access to the natural resources they rely on — such as water, timber and land for crops — it strains relations within and across social groups. Social cohesion is the glue that holds society together. When things get tough, that glue weakens and the risk of conflict increases. Africa is responsible for a mere… Read More Gugu NonjingeApril 14, 2021
ArticlesMediaGender-based ViolenceShift in Strategy Needed to Tackle GBVCovid-19 has caused devastation in communities, and this has disproportionately affected women. This impact on women, particularly their economic status and vulnerability to violence, has been brought home by the release in the last week of the quarterly crime statistics and quarterly Labour Force Survey. While these figures provide a sense of the magnitude of the problem, they fail to… Read More CSVRMarch 11, 2021
ArticlesMediaTorture and State Violence, Violence PreventionPress Release: CSVR Expresses Its Solidarity with the People of Nigeria and Condemns Human Rights ViolationsThe Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) has been following the unfolding events and the escalating violence in Nigeria over the past two days. CSVR unreservedly condemns the police brutality and human rights violations by law enforcement officials in Nigeria in response to the unarmed protests demanding an end to police brutality. Over the last few days,… Read More CSVROctober 22, 2020
ArticlesMediaGender-based ViolenceDouble Burden: Covid-19 Has Made the Load Women Carry Even Heavier than BeforeEven before the pandemic, women carried an unequal burden of social, cultural and economic ills. The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated this, with the effects of lockdown disproportionately affecting women, write Charlotte Motsoari and Amina Mwaikambo at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. As South Africa slowly emerges from the hard lockdown first imposed earlier this year, it… Read More Charlotte Motsoari and Amina MwaikamboSeptember 15, 2020
ArticlesMediaGender-based ViolenceCurbing a Violent Trend: Declining GBV Statistics Hold Little Joy for Those Locked Down with Their AbusersOn paper, the decline in reported gender-based violence (GBV) crimes looks like good news. The reality on the ground is very different: many women remain locked down with their abusers during the Covid-19 pandemic, unable to seek help from the police. To read full article Read More Modiegi MerafeAugust 28, 2020
ArticlesMediaChildren and Youth, InequalitiesCOVID-19: Where to from Here for Efforts to Support Youth Economic Inclusion?As the world marks International Youth Day on August 12, it is difficult to ignore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people – particularly on efforts towards youth economic inclusion in Africa. Meaningful and swift action is needed from African states to ensure the damage is not long-lasting. Recent United Nations data forecast that the number of youth… Read More Steven RebelloAugust 13, 2020
