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New gender violence body

Published date: 
20 Jun 2012

The New Age reported this week the creation of a new Gender Violence Body by the Minister of of Women, Children, Youth and People with Disabilities to deal with the increasing number of cases of gender-based violence in South Africa. Syabonga Mkhwanazi reports:

The increase in cases of gender-based violence has prompted the Minister of Women, Children, Youth and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana, to set up a new body to deal with the scourge.



Xingwana said that the institution would provide the necessary support structure for the government to help rescue the situation.



The minister said she would launch the National Council against Gender Based Violence in August.

Gay Abuse Is Not Queer - Homosexual Maltreatment Is Just As Common As Domestic Abuse

Published date: 
6 Jul 2009
Domestic violence in gay relationships is rarely spoken about but psychologist Asiphe Ndlela says is as high as 25 to 33 percent.

Judge Says Ok For Men To Beat Wives

Published date: 
11 May 2009

A Saudi judge told a conference on domestic violence that a man has the right to slap a wife who spends money wastefully and said women were as much to blame as men for increased spousal abuse, a Saudi newspaper reported.

'Women Are Not Equals in Our Society'

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Wed, 15/04/2009 - 09:51
Publisher: 
IPS
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http://www.ipsnews.net/
Author: 
Mel Frykberg
Published Date: 
2009
Abstract: 
As a man in a patriarchal society, an outspoken advocate of women's rights and a harsh critic of the way Palestinian women are treated, Mashoor Basissy, MOWA's director in the West Bank, brings a fresh male perspective to the growing problem of domestic violence against Palestinian women.
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'Women Are Not Equals in Our Society'

NAMIBIA: Gender Legislation Futile If Not Implemented

Published date: 
30 Mar 2009
Namibian women's rights activists say existing gender legislation has failed to improve women's lives because it is not being implemented widely enough. Last August, Namibia signed the Southern African Development Community (SADC) gender protocol but politicians have yet to ratify it.

The Battered-Woman Syndrome

Published date: 
15 Mar 2009

The "battered woman syndrome" is as an important topic of discussion in Jamaica.  Glenda Simms explains why and also makes reference to Rihanna's story.

Two Years On: Are Women Staying Alive?

Published date: 
6 Jan 2009

The Lawyers Collective Women's Rights Initiative (LCWRI) in partneship with UNIFEM South Asia, evaluated the impact of the domestic violence act that was introduced in India in 2006.

Should We Consent? Rape Law Reform in South Africa

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Wed, 10/12/2008 - 15:53
Publisher: 
Book S.A.
Publisher / Organization Main page URL: 
http://news.book.co.za/
Author: 
Lillian Artz and Dee Smythe
Published Date: 
2008
Abstract: 
For more than a decade, South Africans have been advocating a reform of the country's laws on sexual offences. South Africa has one of the highest levels of reported rape in the world, and legislative reform was seen as an essential step towards shifting the understanding of rape and its treatment within the criminal justice system. Since 1996 the activism has focused on the South African Law Reform Commission's investigation into sexual offences, and the parliamentary process, which culminated at the end of 2007 in the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act.
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Should We Consent? Rape Law Reform in South Africa

Stop Violence Against Women - Website

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Mon, 08/12/2008 - 20:51
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Stop Violence Against Women

Publisher / Organization Main page URL: 
http://www.stopvaw.org/
Abstract: 
The Stop Violence Against Women website (STOPVAW) is a forum for information, advocacy and change.  The Advocates for Human Rights developed this website as a tool for the promotion of women's human rights in countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the former Soviet Union (FSU).
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Stop Violence Against Women

Ghana: Churches Sensitized to Respond to Sexual And Gender Based Violence

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Mon, 08/12/2008 - 12:03
Publisher: 
All Africa.com
Publisher / Organization Main page URL: 
http://allafrica.com/
Author: 
Ama Achiaa Amankwah
Published Date: 
2008
Abstract: 
Harmful attitudes towards women are reinforced by certain religious beliefs. Some religious and other community leaders exhort women to stand by their husbands under all circumstances, whereas at the same time they fail to take a clear stand against domestic violent acts such as wife battery and marital rape.
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Ghana: Churches Sensitized to Respond to Sexual And Gender Based Violence
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