Human rights

Anti-gay messages conveyed by African leaders have the potential to fuel more violence, corrective rape and other forms of abuse encountered by the LGBTI community  
South Africa cannot benefit from investing millions of rands into policing migration. It should invest in creating conditions that promote entrepreneurship, one of the survival strategies people; including migrants, rely on in order to sustain their...
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Climate change contributes to the increasing number of women refugees. The author argues that governments’ national adaptation strategies should acknowledge the different gender dimensions of climate change
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The South African criminal justice system should deal with cases of gender violence in the same way it dealt with the case of the ‘Facebook rapist’. The country should acknowledge the seriousness of cyber crimes by including them in the national statistics
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The ongoing attacks on lesbians in South Africa’s townships highlight the seriousness of homophobia, sexism and gender-based violence
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