Latest items for South Africa
Nov. 3, 2025, 1:49 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
The Center for Reproductive Rights states that South Africa's laws permit abortion on request, with a 12 week gestational limit.
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
The Center for Reproductive Rights states that South Africa's laws permit abortion on request, with a 12 week gestational limit.
Oct. 29, 2025, 12:11 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"Other high-profile cases have [regarding the treatment of women in South African society] included Racquel “Kelly” Smith selling her six-year-old daughter Joshlin" (para. 8). While this quote does not directly reference the details of the case it mentions, it indicates that markets for the purchase of trafficked children exist in South Africa (if marginally), and that this phenomenon is broadly criticized by South African society (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
"Other high-profile cases have [regarding the treatment of women in South African society] included Racquel “Kelly” Smith selling her six-year-old daughter Joshlin" (para. 8). While this quote does not directly reference the details of the case it mentions, it indicates that markets for the purchase of trafficked children exist in South Africa (if marginally), and that this phenomenon is broadly criticized by South African society (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 29, 2025, 12:10 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"""In April, Women For Change handed over a petition with 150,000 signatures demanding that the government declare “gender-based violence and femicide” (GBVF) to be a national disaster. Kasambala said: “This stance will then filter down to the police, the courts and hospitals.” Sindisiwe Chikunga, the minister for women, youth and persons with disabilities, replied in a letter: “The government remains fully committed to a whole-of-society, multi-sectoral response to the GBVF crisis.” She did not mention the national disaster demand"" (para. 9-10). This quote indicates that there is public response from the South African government to civilian/NGO calls for the government to improve the status of women (NAC - CODER COMMENT).more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"""In April, Women For Change handed over a petition with 150,000 signatures demanding that the government declare “gender-based violence and femicide” (GBVF) to be a national disaster. Kasambala said: “This stance will then filter down to the police, the courts and hospitals.” Sindisiwe Chikunga, the minister for women, youth and persons with disabilities, replied in a letter: “The government remains fully committed to a whole-of-society, multi-sectoral response to the GBVF crisis.” She did not mention the national disaster demand"" (para. 9-10). This quote indicates that there is public response from the South African government to civilian/NGO calls for the government to improve the status of women (NAC - CODER COMMENT).more
Oct. 29, 2025, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In April, Women For Change [a South African advocacy group] handed over a petition with 150,000 signatures demanding that the government declare “gender-based violence and femicide” (GBVF) to be a national disaster. [Cameron Kasambala, the community manager at Women for Change] said: “This stance will then filter down to the police, the courts and hospitals"" (para. 9).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In April, Women For Change [a South African advocacy group] handed over a petition with 150,000 signatures demanding that the government declare “gender-based violence and femicide” (GBVF) to be a national disaster. [Cameron Kasambala, the community manager at Women for Change] said: “This stance will then filter down to the police, the courts and hospitals"" (para. 9).
Oct. 29, 2025, 12:08 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"In April, Women For Change [a South African women's advocacy group] handed over a petition with 150,000 signatures demanding that the government declare “gender-based violence and femicide” (GBVF) to be a national disaster. Kasambala said: “This stance will then filter down to the police, the courts and hospitals.” Sindisiwe Chikunga, the minister for women, youth and persons with disabilities, replied in a letter: “The government remains fully committed to a whole-of-society, multi-sectoral response to the GBVF crisis.” She did not mention the national disaster demand"" (para. 9-10). This quote indicates that a dialogue exists between South African NGOs oriented towards woman and the government, specifically the Department of Women, Youth,...more
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"In April, Women For Change [a South African women's advocacy group] handed over a petition with 150,000 signatures demanding that the government declare “gender-based violence and femicide” (GBVF) to be a national disaster. Kasambala said: “This stance will then filter down to the police, the courts and hospitals.” Sindisiwe Chikunga, the minister for women, youth and persons with disabilities, replied in a letter: “The government remains fully committed to a whole-of-society, multi-sectoral response to the GBVF crisis.” She did not mention the national disaster demand"" (para. 9-10). This quote indicates that a dialogue exists between South African NGOs oriented towards woman and the government, specifically the Department of Women, Youth,...more
Oct. 29, 2025, 12:07 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Naeemah Abrahams, who leads the [South African Medical Research Center]'s femicide research, said: “When we try and solve it, it’s not going to be just the law. We’ve got great laws"" (para. 11). While this quote does not directly reference the content of existing South African laws regarding femicide, it indicates that community leaders and those researching the femicide problem in South Africa do not view laws as the limiting factor preventing the improvement of women's quality of life (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Naeemah Abrahams, who leads the [South African Medical Research Center]'s femicide research, said: “When we try and solve it, it’s not going to be just the law. We’ve got great laws"" (para. 11). While this quote does not directly reference the content of existing South African laws regarding femicide, it indicates that community leaders and those researching the femicide problem in South Africa do not view laws as the limiting factor preventing the improvement of women's quality of life (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 29, 2025, 12:04 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"South Africa has one of the highest rates of femicide in the world, according to available data. In the year to 31 March 2024, more than 27,600 people were murdered, 5,578 of them women and 1,656 children, according to South African police data" (para. 4)."Globally, in 2023, approximately 1.3 women per 100,000 were killed by an intimate partner or relative, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) found that during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic the rate was 5.5" (para. 5)."Cameron Kasambala, the community manager at the advocacy group Women For Change, said: “Women die no matter what...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"South Africa has one of the highest rates of femicide in the world, according to available data. In the year to 31 March 2024, more than 27,600 people were murdered, 5,578 of them women and 1,656 children, according to South African police data" (para. 4)."Globally, in 2023, approximately 1.3 women per 100,000 were killed by an intimate partner or relative, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) found that during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic the rate was 5.5" (para. 5)."Cameron Kasambala, the community manager at the advocacy group Women For Change, said: “Women die no matter what...more
Oct. 29, 2025, 10:12 a.m.
Countries: Benin, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tunisia, Zambia
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"[A]llow abortions on request with few restrictions" (Para 25).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"[A]llow abortions on request with few restrictions" (Para 25).
Oct. 25, 2025, 6:14 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: UVAW-PRACTICE-1
"A crowd of protesters staged a demonstration against gender-based violence in the South African capital of Pretoria on Friday as part of a national outcry after an alleged rape of a 7-year-old girl" (para 1). "The protesters have called on the South African government to declare gender-based violence a national crisis and impose the harshest sentences on those convicted of related crimes. While the attack on the 7-year-old girl was in November, her mother has recently been speaking out frequently, saying she has felt let down by the justice system" (para 5). "Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster, deputy leader of the political party Build One SA, said the government should declare a state...more
Variables: UVAW-PRACTICE-1
"A crowd of protesters staged a demonstration against gender-based violence in the South African capital of Pretoria on Friday as part of a national outcry after an alleged rape of a 7-year-old girl" (para 1). "The protesters have called on the South African government to declare gender-based violence a national crisis and impose the harshest sentences on those convicted of related crimes. While the attack on the 7-year-old girl was in November, her mother has recently been speaking out frequently, saying she has felt let down by the justice system" (para 5). "Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster, deputy leader of the political party Build One SA, said the government should declare a state...more
Oct. 25, 2025, 6:14 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"A crowd of protesters staged a demonstration against gender-based violence in the South African capital of Pretoria on Friday as part of a national outcry after an alleged rape of a 7-year-old girl" (para 1). "Last week, thousands protested in the city of Cape Town and earlier this week another demonstration took place in Matatiele, an area where the alleged rape took place. Demonstrators were dressed in mostly all-black outfits and held placards with slogans condemning the scourge of rape and violence against women and children. The protesters have called on the South African government to declare gender-based violence a national crisis and impose the harshest sentences on those convicted...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"A crowd of protesters staged a demonstration against gender-based violence in the South African capital of Pretoria on Friday as part of a national outcry after an alleged rape of a 7-year-old girl" (para 1). "Last week, thousands protested in the city of Cape Town and earlier this week another demonstration took place in Matatiele, an area where the alleged rape took place. Demonstrators were dressed in mostly all-black outfits and held placards with slogans condemning the scourge of rape and violence against women and children. The protesters have called on the South African government to declare gender-based violence a national crisis and impose the harshest sentences on those convicted...more
Oct. 25, 2025, 6:14 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"'We are here to say that the way justice system works in this country is not conducive to curbing and actually killing this gender-based violence and femicide crisis that we have,' said [Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster, deputy leader of the political party Build One SA]" (para 9).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"'We are here to say that the way justice system works in this country is not conducive to curbing and actually killing this gender-based violence and femicide crisis that we have,' said [Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster, deputy leader of the political party Build One SA]" (para 9).
Oct. 25, 2025, 6:14 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"This is the latest protest sparked by allegations that the girl, referred to as Cwecwe to protect her identity, was raped at her school last year and that the matter was only reported a month later" (para 2).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"This is the latest protest sparked by allegations that the girl, referred to as Cwecwe to protect her identity, was raped at her school last year and that the matter was only reported a month later" (para 2).
Oct. 25, 2025, 6:14 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"A crowd of protesters staged a demonstration against gender-based violence in the South African capital of Pretoria on Friday as part of a national outcry after an alleged rape of a 7-year-old girl" (para 1). "Last week, thousands protested in the city of Cape Town and earlier this week another demonstration took place in Matatiele, an area where the alleged rape took place. Demonstrators were dressed in mostly all-black outfits and held placards with slogans condemning the scourge of rape and violence against women and children" (para 3-4).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"A crowd of protesters staged a demonstration against gender-based violence in the South African capital of Pretoria on Friday as part of a national outcry after an alleged rape of a 7-year-old girl" (para 1). "Last week, thousands protested in the city of Cape Town and earlier this week another demonstration took place in Matatiele, an area where the alleged rape took place. Demonstrators were dressed in mostly all-black outfits and held placards with slogans condemning the scourge of rape and violence against women and children" (para 3-4).
Oct. 25, 2025, 6:14 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: LRW-LAW-2
"[Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster, deputy leader of the political party Build One SA] also called for the government to publish the sex offender register so that people convicted of these crimes may be known so that women and children can be protected from them" (para 10).
Variables: LRW-LAW-2
"[Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster, deputy leader of the political party Build One SA] also called for the government to publish the sex offender register so that people convicted of these crimes may be known so that women and children can be protected from them" (para 10).
Oct. 25, 2025, 6:14 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Rape and attempted sexual offenses from October to December last year declined by 3% compared to 2023, according to the latest crime statistics published in February by the police ministry. However, sexual assault and contact sexual assault cases reported increased during the same period. Nearly two thirds of the 11,803 rapes were committed in the perpetrators or victims’ homes. A fifth took place in public spaces while night clubs, schools and universities were also places of violence, according to those statistics." (para 12-15).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Rape and attempted sexual offenses from October to December last year declined by 3% compared to 2023, according to the latest crime statistics published in February by the police ministry. However, sexual assault and contact sexual assault cases reported increased during the same period. Nearly two thirds of the 11,803 rapes were committed in the perpetrators or victims’ homes. A fifth took place in public spaces while night clubs, schools and universities were also places of violence, according to those statistics." (para 12-15).
Oct. 25, 2025, 6:14 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"Nearly two thirds of the 11,803 rapes were committed in the perpetrators or victims’ homes" (para 14). Violence in homes implies domestic violence (LEN - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"Nearly two thirds of the 11,803 rapes were committed in the perpetrators or victims’ homes" (para 14). Violence in homes implies domestic violence (LEN - CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 25, 2025, 6:14 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Nearly two thirds of the 11,803 rapes were committed in the perpetrators or victims’ homes. A fifth took place in public spaces while night clubs, schools and universities were also places of violence, according to those statistics" (para 14-15). Frequent rapes occuring in public spaces, especially schools and universities, create signficant safety concerns for women and girls, and may discourage female attendance and participation in education (LEN - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Nearly two thirds of the 11,803 rapes were committed in the perpetrators or victims’ homes. A fifth took place in public spaces while night clubs, schools and universities were also places of violence, according to those statistics" (para 14-15). Frequent rapes occuring in public spaces, especially schools and universities, create signficant safety concerns for women and girls, and may discourage female attendance and participation in education (LEN - CODER COMMENT).
Sept. 4, 2025, 12:23 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: AFE-SCALE-1
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Variables: AFE-SCALE-1
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June 24, 2025, 9:07 a.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: AFE-DATA-1
The gender parity index (GPI) for gross secondary school enrollment (i.e. the ratio of gross enrollment of girls to gross enrollment of boys at the secondary level) is 1.1. This number was found by using the World Bank's data for secondary school gross enrollment for girls and boys. As of 2022, the gross enrollment rate for females is 114% while the gross enrollment rate for males is 103%. (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: AFE-DATA-1
The gender parity index (GPI) for gross secondary school enrollment (i.e. the ratio of gross enrollment of girls to gross enrollment of boys at the secondary level) is 1.1. This number was found by using the World Bank's data for secondary school gross enrollment for girls and boys. As of 2022, the gross enrollment rate for females is 114% while the gross enrollment rate for males is 103%. (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
Feb. 26, 2025, 10:34 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Following the #TotalShutdown March in August 2018 – the largest coordinated protest by women in South Africa against gender-based violence – that brought Pretoria, the economic hub of the country to a standstill, the South African Government developed the National Strategic Plan on ending gender-based violence" (para 11).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Following the #TotalShutdown March in August 2018 – the largest coordinated protest by women in South Africa against gender-based violence – that brought Pretoria, the economic hub of the country to a standstill, the South African Government developed the National Strategic Plan on ending gender-based violence" (para 11).
Feb. 26, 2025, 10:34 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"'We have young people witnessing intimate partner violence in their families,' shares Anna Maswikeni, a social worker working with the Young Women for Life Movement, supporting survivors of gender-based violence in Mpumalanga, in the northern part of South Africa" (para 3).
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"'We have young people witnessing intimate partner violence in their families,' shares Anna Maswikeni, a social worker working with the Young Women for Life Movement, supporting survivors of gender-based violence in Mpumalanga, in the northern part of South Africa" (para 3).
Feb. 26, 2025, 10:34 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-1
"'We still have a lot of unreported cases of abuse against our girls and women,' says Maswikeni, describing how families would discourage survivors from speaking out and try to 'settle' the issue through family meetings or arrangements of monetary compensation" (para 8). " The national femicide study in South Africa also revealed that in 44 per cent of femicide cases, the police failed to identify a perpetrator" (para 10). "Shai and Maswikeni both point to another area of action – resourcing and training police units to respond appropriately to gender-based violence cases, to end impunity and to prevent the escalation of abuse. They recommend establishing dedicated units to investigate femicide....more
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-1
"'We still have a lot of unreported cases of abuse against our girls and women,' says Maswikeni, describing how families would discourage survivors from speaking out and try to 'settle' the issue through family meetings or arrangements of monetary compensation" (para 8). " The national femicide study in South Africa also revealed that in 44 per cent of femicide cases, the police failed to identify a perpetrator" (para 10). "Shai and Maswikeni both point to another area of action – resourcing and training police units to respond appropriately to gender-based violence cases, to end impunity and to prevent the escalation of abuse. They recommend establishing dedicated units to investigate femicide....more
Feb. 26, 2025, 10:34 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: MURDER-DATA-4
"In South Africa, with 5.5 women killed by intimate partners per 100,000 women between 2020 and 2021, femicide rates have remained high, according to the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)" (para 1).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-4
"In South Africa, with 5.5 women killed by intimate partners per 100,000 women between 2020 and 2021, femicide rates have remained high, according to the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)" (para 1).
Feb. 26, 2025, 10:34 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"'We had a young boy who witnessed his mother being killed by her boyfriend. He saved the sister… if it wasn’t for him, maybe all of them were going to be killed in that household'" (para 3). "The fourth national femicide study in South Africa revealed that three women were killed every day by an intimate partner from 2020 - 2021" (para 5).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"'We had a young boy who witnessed his mother being killed by her boyfriend. He saved the sister… if it wasn’t for him, maybe all of them were going to be killed in that household'" (para 3). "The fourth national femicide study in South Africa revealed that three women were killed every day by an intimate partner from 2020 - 2021" (para 5).
Feb. 26, 2025, 10:34 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, DV-PRACTICE-2
"Launched in 2020, the Plan has led to some legal reforms and improved support for survivors of gender-based violence through one-stop care centres and the establishment of a national fund to address gender-based violence and femicide" (para 11).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, DV-PRACTICE-2
"Launched in 2020, the Plan has led to some legal reforms and improved support for survivors of gender-based violence through one-stop care centres and the establishment of a national fund to address gender-based violence and femicide" (para 11).
Feb. 21, 2025, 5:02 p.m.
Countries: India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Portugal, South Africa, United States
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1
"Twenty-seven new parliaments now have fewer women than they did before the elections - countries such as the US, Portugal, Pakistan, India, Indonesia and South Africa" (para 2).
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1
"Twenty-seven new parliaments now have fewer women than they did before the elections - countries such as the US, Portugal, Pakistan, India, Indonesia and South Africa" (para 2).
Jan. 15, 2025, 9:59 p.m.
Countries: Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, South Africa, Tunisia, Zambia
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"[Benin's] is one of the most liberal laws in Africa… In Africa, only São Tomé and Príncipe, South Africa, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Tunisia, Zambia and Guinea-Bissau have similarly liberal abortion laws" (para 9).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"[Benin's] is one of the most liberal laws in Africa… In Africa, only São Tomé and Príncipe, South Africa, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Tunisia, Zambia and Guinea-Bissau have similarly liberal abortion laws" (para 9).
Dec. 31, 2024, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Brunei, China, Guinea-Bissau, North Korea, Serbia, Somalia, South Africa, Vietnam, Yemen
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
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Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
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Dec. 4, 2024, 4:38 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: PW-LAW-1
"Illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law [polygyny only]. Court permission required" (para 18).
Variables: PW-LAW-1
"Illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law [polygyny only]. Court permission required" (para 18).
Nov. 1, 2024, 9:38 a.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: IRP-DATA-2
"An estimated 131,000 to 182,000 individuals (up to one per cent of South Africa’s adult female population) currently work in prostitution, almost all disenfranchised black women and girls" (para 10).
Variables: IRP-DATA-2
"An estimated 131,000 to 182,000 individuals (up to one per cent of South Africa’s adult female population) currently work in prostitution, almost all disenfranchised black women and girls" (para 10).