Research
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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Botswana Stakeholders Consultative Meeting, Gaborone, 21 September 2009
21 September 09 | (0) Comments
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 | (0) Comments
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]
Concept Paper: Roll out of the pilot project to develop indicators for measuring gender violence in Southern Africa
25 May 09 | (0) Comments
Regional relevance: Botswana, Mauritius, South Africa
Gender based violence is a persistent and complex problem in Southern African that has implications on social and economic equality, physical and mental health, well being and economic security. Because this violence takes so many forms and the fact that many cases are never reported or end up withdrawn, measuring... [read more]
GBV Indicators for Southern Africa, 4th Pilot project meeting Report
22 May 09 | (0) Comments
Regional relevance: Botswana, Mauritius, South Africa
Gender Links held a fourth reference group meeting on 18th – 19th May 2009 as part of the pilot project to develop a standard set of indicators to measure gender based violence that can be applied to Southern Africa. The meeting brought together representatives from NGOs, research institutes, University of... [read more]
Compendium of Case Studies: Violence Prevention Intervention Programmes in South Africa
30 April 08 | (0) Comments
Regional relevance: South Africa
Case studies of promising models for primary, secondary and tertiary violence prevention interventions currently in existence in South Africa. [read more]
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Rape Crisis: ordinary women doing extraordinary things
06 August 09 | (0) Comments
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 | (0) Comments
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 | (0) Comments
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 | (0) Comments
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 | (0) Comments
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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