South Africa: Birth Control Shortages Leave Women in NW and GP Fearing Unplanned Pregnancies

Some women in Mahikeng, in the North West, fear unplanned pregnancies due to a shortage of contraceptives at their local clinics for at least the past four months. Read more »

South Africa: 'I Left Everything Behind Just to Survive' - a Transgender Woman's Journey Through Stigma, Survival and HIV

For Tovhowani Makondo (34) from Hakhakhu Tshifume in Limpopo's Vhembe Read more »

South Africa: Gogos in Flood-Damaged Tshakhuma Use Social Grants to Fix Roads for Ambulance Access

In Lukau Village, 17 elderly women, including 90-year-old Tshinakawu Ndou, have joined forces to fix roads so ambulances can reach the area during heavy rain. Read more »

South Africa: Activists Say SA's Menstrual Product Regulation Is Not Transparent Enough, Despite Government Reassurance

While the health department has sought to reassure the public about hormone-disrupting chemicals found in sanitary products, activists say the bigger issue is whether South… Read more »

South Africa: Limpopo Woman Develops App to Speed Up Emergency Response

A Survivor of Gender-based violence has developed an online emergency reporting platform aimed at cutting response times for victims of crime and medical emergencies, particularly… Read more »

South Africa: Delayed Gbvf Council Undermines National Plan to End Violence Against Women

South Africa has among the highest rates of gender-based violence and femicide in the world, with one in three women experiencing physical and/or sexual violence at some point in… Read more »

South Africa: Social Clubs in Limpopo Offer Lifeline for Men in Crisis

For 33 years, Samuel Lusunzi from Tshikombani in Nzhelele, Limpopo, was a devoted husband and father. But in 2021, his world shattered when he discovered that his wife had been… Read more »

South Africa: Many Rape Survivors Won't See Justice Due to Gaps in the System

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Africa: GBVF Declared a National Disaster Ahead of G20 Women's Shutdown

The national campaign calling for Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) to be declared a national disaster reached a breakthrough. At the G20 Social Summit on 20 November,… Read more »

South Africa: Nearly Half of South Africans Experience Intimate Partner Violence - Study

Intimate partner violence is the most common form of gender-based violence. Globally 1 in 3 women, and 1 in 6 men experience violence at the hands of an intimate partner at some… Read more »

South Africa: My Justice, My Voice - a Film That Demands an End to GBV

Globally, 82 million girls and 69 million boys face sexual violence each year. In South Africa, gender-based violence (GBV) remains a persistent and deeply rooted crisis. Read more »

South Africa: KZN Health Investigating After Woman Allegedly Gives Birth in Addington Hospital Corridor

Natal Department of Health has launched an investigation into the alleged mistreatment of a woman during labour at Addington Hospital in Durban. This follows a social media post… Read more »

South Africa: Inside the Concrete Bubble - a Woman's Story of Her Life With Schizophrenia

It's been 28 years, but Thabisile Gumede remembers the day she first experienced a schizophrenic episode. She was just 17 years old and visiting her grandmother's farm in… Read more »

South Africa: KZN Woman Launches NGO to Care for Elders' Health and Well-Being

Buyi Mngwengwe (36) is from Intshanga, a village west of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. Growing up, she would often see elderly women suffer, struggling with hunger and isolation while… Read more »

South Africa: Despite the Risks, Some Pregnant Women Swear By Isihlambezo (Herbal Tonic)

Zodwa Ngubo*from Embo, west of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal's Ugu district is currently seven months pregnant. The 33-year-old drinks a herbal tonic, isihlambezo, daily as she believes… Read more »