Gender-based violence is a persistent global challenge and one that costs South Africa between R28.4 billion and R42.4 billion per year – or between 0.9% and 1.3% of GDP (KPMG, 2014). Rates of GBV are believed to be extreme...
Sisters Working in Film and Television (SWIFT) would like to issue the following statement in response to the outrage in both local and international film and television communities following the accusations of sexual harassm...
From The Gender Consortium under the auspices of CANGO. The Gender Consortium under the auspices of CANGO would like to appreciate the efforts made by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister’s Portfolio Committee towards...
The theme of this year's International Day of the Girl Child is 'EmPOWER Girls: Before, during and after crises'. Send us a message here or on Facebook with a picture of you and your message to add your image to the albu...
Media statement by The Life Esidimeni Family Committee. Today (Monday 9 October) marks the beginning of yet another painful chapter for the relatives of what have collectively been called “The Life Esidimeni 94+”. I...
According to a Global Adolescent Study boys are given more freedom and independence than girls. Reuters Kristin Mmari, Johns Hopkins Medicine A team of international experts have just published the most comprehensive ana...
The Hivos Southern Africa Hub (Hub SA) based in Harare, is offering an internship opportunity to work on its SRHR portfolio. The objective of the internship is to enhance the educational experience of undergraduate and gradua...
3.5 year fixed term contract ending 31 March 2021 The AIDS Foundation of South Africa (AFSA) wishes to appoint suitably qualified individual to serve as a Training Officer. The Training Officer will work closely with AFSA...
While the 2017 London Family Planning Summit is an occasion to commend efforts of many countries for having made impressive progress toward expanding access to voluntary family planning services, early and unintended pregnanc...
The following Twitter stream is from the 2017 AFSA Learning and Sharing Conference, held in Swaziland in conjunction with Kwakha Indvodza and Rock of Hope. This year's theme is : "Why is a focus on SRHR critical to achievi...