PublicationsGender-based Violence, Reparations and Victim Services, Sexual Violence, Violence PreventionTRAINING MANUAL FOR SAPS ON GBV RESPONSEThis comprehensive training manual is designed to equip members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) with the legal, procedural, and ethical tools required to respond effectively to gender-based violence (GBV). Rooted in South Africa’s legislative reforms and aligned with international human rights standards, the manual emphasises a trauma-informed, survivor-centred approach to policing. Covering key topics such as consent, protection… Read More Cathy-Ann PotgieterJune 30, 2025
ArticlesMediaConflict-Related Sexual Violence, Sexual ViolenceWar is good for business: The nexus between organised crime and sexual violence in conflictSexual violence in conflict is not incidental but a deliberate, profit-driven violence embedded in the business models of organised crime, thriving on weak global accountability and a fragmented international response. For years, academics and activists around the globe have evaluated the cost of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), which is estimated to cost $1.5 trillion globally. Despite this staggering figure,… Read More Lesego SekhuJune 19, 2025
PublicationsConsent, Sexual Violence, Violence PreventionUnderstanding Consent and Your Rights Understanding consent is vital in the fight against sexual- and gender-based violence (SGBV) in South Africa, a country which continues to suffer under the weight of GBV rates that have reached pandemic proportions. Our fact sheet, Understanding Consent & Your Rights, empowers individual with knowledge about clear, voluntary, and informed consent to ensure that all sexual activity is based… Read More CSVRMarch 31, 2025
PolicyPublicationsSexual Violence, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsAddressing CRSV through Truth Commissions in AfricaDrawing on examples from African truth commissions, this policy brief presents recommendations for better enabling accountability, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence for conflict-related sexual violence. Written for policy makers and practitioners working towards holistic transitional justice in Africa, the brief shows how to improve truth-seeking and truth-telling processes to promote lasting redress for victims/survivors of conflict-related sexual violence, with a… Read More CSVRFebruary 7, 2024
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, Sexual ViolenceDaai Ding: Sex, Sexual Violence and Coercion in Men's PrisonsThis paper discusses the social circumstances surrounding both sex and violence amongst male inmates of South African prisons, and in particular, the apparently common convergence between the two - when sex is forced or performed in an act of violence. Data was gathered primarily through in-depth interviews and in-depth focus groups with ex-prisoners and current prisoners. Read More Sasha Gear and Kindisa NgubeniDecember 19, 2002
