Heléne Combrinck
Heléne Combrinck is a senior researcher at the Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, and coordinates the Centre’s Gender Project. The Gender Project does research, education and advocacy in the field of gender-based violence, and its current work includes a focus on sexual assault law, access to housing for women experiencing domestic violence, firearm-related domestic violence, the intersections between gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS and the rights of women with disabilities. During 1997-1998 Heléne was a member of the South African Law Reform Commission’s subcommittee responsible for drafting the Domestic Violence Act. She has published extensively on gender equality and women’s rights.
