MediaVideosPeacebuilding, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsConflict-Related Sexual Violence and TransitionsAround the globe, women and children are especially vulnerable to sexual violence in wartime. In peacetime, they are disadvantaged by social norms, discrimination, and gender-based violence, which are only exacerbated in wartime. With examples from around the continent, this video shows how sexual violence has historically been a central part of conflict and repression in Africa. It advocates for survivors… Read More CSVRMay 17, 2023
ArticlesInequalities, Mental Health, Peacebuilding, Social CohesionMODELLING A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO EMPOWERING SOCIETIES, COMMUNITIES AND VICTIMS AFFECTED BY VIOLENCEThe 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 empowerment both as an approach and as an outcome of our activities and interventions. Since its establishment in 1989, the… Read More Annah Moyo-KupetaApril 4, 2023
ArticlesClimate Change, Inequalities, Urban SafetyLoad Shedding is a Human Rights ViolationAs we wrap up Human Rights Month and its activities promoting respect for fundamental human rights and restoring human dignity in line with the Bill of Rights, the sad reality is that our government is violating those very same rights every time there is load shedding. Human Rights Day urges South African citizens to remember the struggles and sacrifices made… Read More Gugu NonjingeMarch 31, 2023
ArticlesMediaGender-based Violence, Inequalities, Psychosocial SupportA Human Rights Approach To Addressing Inequality in SAIn 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, of extreme poverty and unbelievable riches. Some enjoy rights that are completely denied to others. Relative inequalities are exploding, and… Read More Annah Moyo-KupetaMarch 22, 2023
Our News and EventsGender-based Violence, Inequalities, PeacebuildingCSW67: Empowering Rural Women in Africa: Innovation, best practices, opportunities, and lessons leaCSVR is inviting you to the Learning Roundtable at the CSW Forum. The CSVR Learning Roundtable at the CSW Forum on the 16th of March 2023, will highlight and showcase the innovation, best practices, opportunities, and lessons learnt to address the challenges that still persist for women. The learning roundtable event aims to support and improve understanding of the realities… Read More web adminMarch 15, 2023
ArticlesDomestic Violence Legislation, Gender-based Violence, InequalitiesDeep Roots: Confronting the History of Sexual and Other Violence against Women and Girls in AfricaFacing up to the embedded social norms and prejudices, linked to practices that stretch across the continent's histories and giving rise to sexual and gender-based violence, is a necessary step in building societies where women and girls are able to participate as full human beings. From the cycles of political violence in Kenya, the Rwandan genocide and the institutionalised violations… Read More Lesego Sekhu and Sinqobile MakhathiniFebruary 15, 2023
