South African women's rights groups are calling for nationwide protests to demand that gender-based violence (GBV) be ...

Hundreds of women wearing black have gathered in a Johannesburg park to protest gender-based violence in South Africa.

Fifteen women are killed every day in a country with one of the highest rates of gender violence in the world.

South Africa officially declares rampant violence against women national disaster amid protests highlighting high rates of ...

Advocacy group Women for Change argues that South Africa ‘cannot host the world’s most powerful leaders while a woman is ...

The National Council, overseeing the implementation of the National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide ...

Activists demand GBV be declared a national disaster, urging women to halt work and honour victims nationwide.

UN WomenWatch (Women of the World: Africa): The UN Internet Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women. Links to Beijing Conference documents, statistics and Commission on the Status of Women ...

South Africa classifies gender-based violence as a national disaster following countrywide protests. Women across major ...

Hundreds of women gathered in a Johannesburg park on Friday to protest violence against women in South Africa, ahead of the ...

(Photo: People carry a banner during a nationwide shutdown called by the advocacy group Women for Change to ask the government to declare gender-based violence and femicide a national disaster, ahead ...