South Africa’s Historic Shutdown: A Nation Finally Says “Enough” to Gender-Based Violence On 21 November, the country pauses, not in silence, but in defiance. South Africa...
South Africa’s Women Mobilise: Calls for Paid Leave as National GBV Shutdown Approaches Employers urged to support women participating in the Women For Change protest on...
A moment bigger than rugby South Africans are used to Siya Kolisi rallying the nation in green. This time, the Springboks captain is asking for something...
Employers Urged to Back Women in National GBV Protest With South Africa’s alarming gender-based violence crisis continuing unabated, activists are urging employers to grant paid leave...
Wits University Faces Violent GBV Protests as Students Demand Action Johannesburg’s University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) became a flashpoint for anger and frustration on Thursday, when...
Beyond the Purple Profile Picture: Turning Online Solidarity into Real Action Against GBV If you’ve been scrolling through social media lately, you’ve probably noticed a flood...
Nationwide protests gain momentum as femicide crisis deepens South Africa is on edge as calls grow louder to declare gender-based violence (GBV) a national disaster. Ahead...
A Digital Stand Against Silence If you scrolled through social media this week, you likely noticed a sea of purple faces. From your friends to South...
Purple Everywhere: A Digital Stand Against Gender-Based Violence Scroll through South African social media and you might notice one striking trend: profile pictures awash in purple,...