Working together, informed by an inclusive spirit, will help activists to better combat gender-based violence and achieve equality for all
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South Africa needs to be free from all gender-based violence
We have the ambitious plan to keep everyone safe regardless of their gender identity or expression — we just need implementation
Posted inEquality, Gender violence, General, Health, Media, News/Politics
Why women suffer in our society
I have written about the position of women in our patriarchal society from various perspectives on this site several times before – in the context of guns and violence against them, on a fundamental level on the link between patriarchy, writing and images, on why one should respect women for their extraordinary qualities, and on […]
Posted inNews/Politics
Theatre of terror at the trial of Oscar Pistorius
The trial of Oscar Pistorius has turned into a horror movie, bringing home the reality of an alleged femicide, and the trauma of crime in South Africa. In the hero’s tale, the villain brings conflict until the hero is able to resolve. State prosecutor Gerrie Nel has undertaken this heroism in the courtroom at the […]
Posted inNews/Politics
Reeva, Oscar and the media lens
It was on my daily two-hour commute to work, tweeting my regular #TaxiTales, that I came to learn of Reeva Steenkamp’s killing on Thursday morning. Still shell-shocked from the gruesome rape and murder of 17-year-old Anene Booysen just the week before, and only just starting to unpack the prevailing culture of rape and other forms […]