The South African Human Rights Commission has received a complaint from the Afrikanerbond about what it believes to be an alleged racist remark by minister Lulu Xingwana, who is ... Read more »
Around 57,000 South Africans have called on President Jacob Zuma to pledge R10 billion to end violence against women. Read more »
The lack of public services is contributing to the violence and intimidation that women face in cities across the world, a report shows. Read more »
The government is spending at least US$14 million annually in post-abortion care, which is burdening the already under-financed health system, according to Moses Mulumba, director ... Read more »
The Peoples Democratic Party have kick off a subtle support for the second term Presidency for President Goodluck Jonathan with a planned mobilization of five million women. Read more »
The government's Inter-Ministerial Committee on Violence against Women and Children has called on police and social workers to treat abuse and rape cases with more gravity after a ... Read more »
Premier of the North West Province in South Africa has said that men found guilty of raping women and children should be punished by chemical castration. Read more »
A medical officer has revealed that the Handeni district still records high levels of child and maternal deaths. Read more »
Cervical cancer kills an estimated 275,000 women every year, the majority of whom live in developing countries. In Zambia, an initiative launched in 2011 is helping women ... Read more »
Activists have called the brutal murder and rape of Anene Booysen a tipping point in national attitudes toward violence against women, but they maintain that more needs to be done. Read more »
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