Can transitional justice initiatives achieve their ambitious agenda of combatting gender based violence? The spotlight on gender-based violence (GBV) has possibly never been brighter than in recent years. The United Nations has declared an annual International Day for the Elimination…
The actions of members of Parliament on the 06th of November 2018 are a clear indication of a wounded nation, led by wounded leaders. CSVR is deeply troubled by the actions of members of parliament: Both the verbal, and physical…
The Finance Minister should not turn a blind eye to the scourge of gender based violence (GBV) during this year's Medium Term Budget Speech, on October 24, says #TheTotalShutDown movement. #TheTotalShutdown movement in collaboration with a broad collective of human…
Defence lawyer Peter Daubermann's targeted attack on witness and rape survivor Cheryl Zondi has exposed detrimental flaws in SA's judicial system. In a country where an unprecedented number of sexual and gender-based crimes are left unreported, South Africans watched in…
On the 17th of September 2018, the minister of basic education, Angie Motshekga, called on law enforcement agencies to help quell the recent spate of violence which has rocked schools in South Africa. This after the South African national crime…
Men instigate war, women bear the brunt of it… During armed conflict, men are perpetrators of sexual violence and women are the victims… Men cannot be raped; women are the only 'legitimate' victims of rape and other forms of sexual…
