Gauteng Pilot Study
The first pilot of the regional study was conducted in 2010 in Gauteng province. Results from the study show that 51.3 % of 511 interviewed women have experienced some form of violence (psychological, emotional, economic, physical or sexual) in their lifetime while 75.5% of 487 men interviewed in the province admit to perpetrating some form of violence against women at some point in their lifetime. The summary of  extent findings is available in the War@home pamhlet.

 

We explored the underlying gender attitudes and norms which potentially lead to GBV in Gauteng. The summary of the attitudes findings is available in the Attitudes towards gender relations fact sheet.

A political discourse analysis of all readily available speeches by key political leders from April 2009 to March 2010 was also conducted.The findings show that GBV still does not feature in most of the official speeches by political leaders. Only a marginal 4.8% made passing reference to GBV. More information on the political discourse analysis is available in the Gender violence - what is the political agenda? fact sheet.

While GBV is rampant in Gauteng Province there is a great extent of underreporting of GBV to police, health and support services. Only 3.9% of women who were raped in the prevalence survey reported to the police. More information on domestic violence reported to Gauteng South African Police Services from April 2009-March 2010 is available in Analysis of GBV Indicators results.

 

Analysis of first hand accounts of GBV experience by 55 survivors in Gauteng showed that speaking out about abuse was empowering and facilitated healing. Detailed findings can be found in The South African "I" stories experience.

 

Other key findings include that poor data management systems make it difficult to monitor and evaluate programmes and services. Available GBV services are disproportionate to the high prevalence of GBV reported in this study.

 

To view the detailed Gauteng report click here