When faith communities are asked to describe the relationship between gender-based violence (GBV) and the church, one word comes up more often than any other:…
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At a recent WWSOSA Lunchtime Conversation on Spiritual Abuse, Daniela Gennrich — Coordinator of We Will Speak Out South Africa and a Lay Canon in…
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When South Africa’s National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (NSP-GBVF) was launched in 2020, it made almost no mention of the faith sector…
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Last week, We Will Speak Out South Africa (WWSOSA) hosted its Monthly Forum in honour of Women’s Month, welcoming feminist theologian Dr Nontando Hadebe to…
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By Usha Jevan The Brahma Kumaris have helped me remember a simple but profound truth: I am not this body; I am a soul. When…
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When a child is removed from their family for their own safety, the goal is almost always to bring them home again. But what does…
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By Dr Leonora Alberts-Vilakazi My life’s purpose is rooted deeply in the soil of our community and the strength of the women who cultivate it.…
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Conventional Western punitive justice essentially says to an offender, ‘you’ve harmed someone, so we’re going to even things up by harming you’. All that does…
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May’s Monthly Forum focused on Gender, GBV and Economic Power. Economic Justice is a critical GBV prevention tool and lifeline for domestic violence survivors. Well…
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Every year on 27 April, South Africa marks Freedom Day — a sacred remembrance of the first democratic elections in 1994 and the liberation from…
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