One in every five girls across sub-Saharan Africa has experienced rape or sexual assault before turning 18

Survivors’ film calls on world leaders to act against child sexual abuse ahead of G20 As South Africa prepares to host the G20 Summit this month, survivors of childhood sexual violence are demanding that world leaders take action. Their message comes through My Justice, My Voice, a new short film launched this October by the […]

The sexual harassment case against Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge shows the pitfalls of excluding their experience

The reporting of sexual violence has been one of the ugliest blights of our democracy. Research throughout the years has revealed disturbing accounts of women regularly shunned at police stations

How we talk about rape should avoid ‘rape talk’ such as calling those who have been sexually abused ‘damaged good’ and perpetrators ‘monsters’

A fuller picture of the Rapid Support Forces massacres in Gezira, committed under the cover of a communications blackout, is emerging from survivors and victims’ families

Survivor-leaders call for global action against GBV