PolicyPublicationsAfrican Union, Amnesty, Capacity Building, Children and Youth, Gender-based Violence, Inequalities, Memory and Memorialisation, Mental Health, Prosecutions and Pardons, Reconciliation, Reparations and Victim Services, Restorative Justice, Social Cohesion, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsAFRICAN UNION TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE POLICY IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE: LESOTHOThe policy brief highlights the persistent violence in Lesotho since its independence in 1966, which has severely impacted democratic governance, human rights, and socio-economic development. It emphasizes the need for a cultural shift towards peace through the implementation of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP) to promote justice, reconciliation, and social cohesion. The paper outlines the historical context of… Read More Prof. Khabele MatlosaApril 25, 2025
ArticlesMediaOur News and EventsChildren and Youth, Racialised violence, SchoolsConfronting racial violence in schools School violence manifests itself in many forms including discipline problems such as fighting among learners, bullying, utterances of crude and sexist remarks against fellow learners and teachers, racism, stabbings, shootings at schools and even murder. However, given that race frequently intersects with gender and class at the point of perpetration and marginalization, these issues need to be considered in… Read More Gugu Nonjinge and Tsholofelo NakediFebruary 24, 2025
ArticlesMediaChildren and Youth, Gender dynamics, Inequalities, Paid work, unpaid workGender and the Bifurcation of Paid and Unpaid Care WorkThe 29th of October marks the International Day of Care and Support, and this year's theme focuses on transforming care systems to achieve Beijing +30. This occasion prompts us to critically examine the dynamics of gendered labour and the ongoing disparity between paid and unpaid care work in Southern Africa. According to the United Nations, unpaid care work encompasses all… Read More Sinqobile MakhathiniNovember 15, 2024
ArticlesMediaChildren and Youth, Criminal Justice, Torture and State ViolenceNON STATE ACTORS SUBMISSION TO THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) MEMBER STATES ON THE URGENT NEED TO PROTECT CIVILIANS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC)The DRC war has lasted decades, and the escalation in violence since 2022 and more recently in February 2024, caused by fighting and armed violence in Ituri, North and South Kivu, has resulted in an increasing number of citizens displaced and trapped in famine, war, and atrocities including sexual gender-based violence. It has once again drawn in its neighbours and… Read More CSVRAugust 15, 2024
PolicyPublicationsChildren and Youth, Inequalities, Social CohesionSouth African CSO Working Group Voluntary National Review ReportThe Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) proudly contributed to South Africa's second Voluntary National Review (VNR) on the SDGs. We are excited to share this report from the South African CSOs Working Group on SDGs (SAWG), which complements the official VNR by highlighting grassroots voices and key challenges in SDG delivery. This report aims to amplify… Read More CSVRJuly 17, 2024
ArticlesChildren and Youth, Gender-based Violence, Inequalities, Social CohesionYoung, Female and African… and Precarious – Why the workplace needs to protect young women from all forms of gender-based violenceThe phrase “sleeping one’s way to the top” is often used to explain how some women gain to access to or upward mobility in employment opportunities. While this phrase has been popularised globally and is used as a moral judgement almost exclusively towards women, it is a problematic framing of complex power dynamics which facilitate the exploitation, manipulation, and coercion… Read More Gugu ReshaAugust 23, 2023
