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As in all its programme areas, GL's work on gender justice is evidence-based. Sixteen Day campaigns are accompanied by fact sheets. Commitments made in cyber dialogues are summarised and circulated. In 2005, GL undertook an audit of the commitments made during these dialogues in South Africa and the extent to which these had been acted upon. This became an important reference point for the ground breaking National Action Plan to End Gender Violence in 2006. GL has since worked with nine countries in developing comprehensive national action plans for ending gender violence. These in turn prompted a research project, currently in its pilot phase, for developing gender violence indicators. In partnership with UNIFEM, GL has also undertaken research on prevention of gender violence.
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The War at Home - GBV Indicators Project
16 August 11
Regional relevance: South Africa
Over half the women of Gauteng (51.3%) have experienced some form of violence (emotional, economic, physical or sexual) in their lifetime and 75.5% of men in the province admit to perpetrating some form of violence against women. [read more]
Urgent Research Job Opportunities @ Gender Links
21 May 10
Regional relevance: South Africa
Seeking 8 Afrikaans-speaking Female and Male Fieldworkers to conduct a Household Survey on women and men's relationships in Gauteng Province [read more]
Gender-based violence indicators...Are we there yet?
03 March 10
Regional relevance: South Africa
There are a number of global instruments that commit states to reducing gender based violence (GBV). The Beijing Platform for Action committed governments to prevent and eliminate violence against women. In 2008, the Southern African Community Protocol on Gender and Development set a target of reducing the levels of... [read more]
Botswana Stakeholders Consultative Meeting, Gaborone, 21 September 2009
21 September 09
Regional relevance: Botswana
A report of the Botswana Stakeholders Consultative meeting held on 21 September 2009 at the President Hotel. The purpose of the meeting was to introduce the GBV Indicators Project and obtain buy-in. Attending stakeholders included the Hon. Attorney General, Acting Director of Women's Affairs Division, delegates from... [read more]
Mauritius Stakeholder meeting, Quartre Bornes, 03 August 2009
03 August 09
Regional relevance: Mauritius
A stakeholder consultative meeting was held for Mauritius to introduce and get buy-in on the GBV Indicators Project on the 3rd August 2009. Attending stakeholders included the Hon. Attorney General, Hon. Minister of Health, delegates from governmentministries, NGOs, researchers from the Mauritius Research Council,... [read more]
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Rape Crisis: ordinary women doing extraordinary things
06 August 09
Regional relevance: South Africa
Johannesburg, 5 August; A recent study by South Africa’s Medical Research Council reported that one in four South African men surveyed had committed rape. The study also found that 73% of these men committed their first assault before the age of twenty. However, this grim news is not stopping determined women on... [read more]
Male circumcision: cutting into the debate
30 July 09
Regional relevance: Zimbabwe
I have always been skeptical about male circumcision (MC) as a preventative measure for HIV/AIDS, pondering just how effective it is for not only men, but also their female partners. A new study - carried out in Rakai district, Uganda - gives a glimpse into the answer. Sadly, it is not what activists in gender and... [read more]
Report shows women migrants continue to live in fear
01 June 09
Regional relevance: South Africa
Johannesburg, 1 June. It has been just over a year since the few weeks of seeming madness in May 2008, when xenophobic violence broke out across South Africa, shocking the nation and attracting international condemnation. However, migrant women in South Africa consider that period as an example, albeit extreme, of... [read more]
NGOs demand say in violence data bank
08 March 09
Regional relevance: International
New York, 8 March: The 53rd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) observed International Women’s Day (IWD), with the launch of a data base on gender violence. The theme of this year’s IWD on 8 March is “Women and men unite to end violence against women and girls.” [read more]
Healing from xenophobic intolerance
22 January 09
Regional relevance: South Africa
Maputo, 22 January. The 14 January release of the human rights World Report 2009 published by New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) included some stern words for South Africa, stating that "poverty, unemployment, gender-based and xenophobic violence, and crime remain significant barriers to the enjoyment of human... [read more]
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