Collet Ngwane

Collet Ngwane is a researcher for the Gender Based Violence Programme. She joined CSVR as a research intern in 1999 whilst studying toward a Bachelor of Arts degree at Wits University. Collet has conducted gender-based violence research on various issues; including a study monitoring the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act and a study on the nature and extent of Intimate Femicide in Gauteng Province. She has also conducted training workshops for men and women on domestic violence, sexual violence and violence against women with disabilities, as well as on the intersection between violence against women and HIV/AIDS.

In 2003 Collet left the organisation to work as a consultant for various public interest organisations including the Freedom of Expression Institute, Social Surveys and Community Agency for Social Change. She rejoined the CSVR in 2006 to work on a project tracking rape survivor’s cases through the criminal justice system to identify where attrition occurs. 
Currently, she is continuing her studies with the University of South Africa and aims to qualify as a Public Health Psychologist.