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).

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).

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).

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).

Countries: South Africa
Variables: PW-LAW-1

"Illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law [polygyny only]. Court permission required" (para 18).

Countries: South Africa
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"Feminist activists are revolting against decriminalisation. More than 200 human rights organisations have signed an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, explaining normalising prostitution would be a disaster for South Africa as it will mark a return to old-style regulatory policies from the colonial era" (para 9).

Countries: South Africa
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1

"[South Africa] also ranks fourth in the world for femicide — the murder of women and girls by men" (para 8).

Countries: South Africa
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"South Africa has among the highest rape incidence in the world" (para 7).

Countries: South Africa
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Bill — also known as the Jeffery Bill — which proposes removing all criminal penalties relating to prostitution, including pimping and brothel-owning, has been approved at the first stage. Its supporters are keen to highlight the least contentious component of the new law: those selling sex (primarily women and girls) will no longer be arrested" (para 2). "Incredibly, the bill [decriminallizing prostitution] would repeal prohibitions against 'any conspiracy to induce a female to engage in sexual acts, and kidnapping for purposes of sexual acts against a person’s will, including if such female is under the age of 16' and 'the ability...more

Countries: South Africa
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2

"Domestic violence refuges are underfunded by the government" (para 7).

Countries: South Africa
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1, DSFMF-PRACTICE-1

"Despite the bill [decriminalizing prostitution] being presented as a way to advance the rights of the women involved, the proposed law is based on a serious lack of knowledge and understanding of the realities of prostitution. It is no wonder: no sex trade survivor-led organisations calling for the abolition of the sex trade were consulted during its drafting" (para 4). "Feminist activists are revolting against decriminalisation. More than 200 human rights organisations have signed an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, explaining normalising prostitution would be a disaster for South Africa as it will mark a return to old-style regulatory policies from the colonial era" (para 9). "'It is impossible...more

Countries: South Africa
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1, IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAD-PRACTICE-1

“Black women in rural South Africa face a ‘double whammy’ said Claassens, as both apartheid and customary laws - where land is handed down from father to son - have deprived them of property rights” (para 8). “Male-dominated tribal authorities hold great sway over rural communities, with the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini controlling 2.8 million hectares of land, an area the size of Belgium, under an entity called the Ingonyama Trust. Ngubane, nominated as one of three finalists in the 2020 Martin Ennals Award, a prestigious human rights prize, said this month's Durban court ruling was significant. ‘This will make a difference in terms of women's land and property inheritance,’...more

Countries: South Africa
Variables: GIC-LAW-1, GIC-LAW-3

"South Africa’s laws and regulations do cater for non-standard workers. They’re supposed to get health protection in the workplace, maternity leave and job security. But the policy framework is fragmented and employers don’t always comply. For instance, some women lose their income for the months they are on maternity leave" (para 16).

Countries: South Africa
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1

"South Africa has notoriously high levels of violence against women. The country has among the highest rape incidences in the world. In the first quarter of 2022 alone, police figures showed that 10,818 rape cases were reported" (para 4) If rape is being reported at such an incredibly high rate in just one quarter, it must mean that laws against rape are not being properly enforced (MCP - CODER COMMENT). "She argued that interventions focusing on ontological violence – men’s sense of entitlement to women’s bodies and hypermasculinity – were key. Ontological violence is difficult to address, however, because its origins are diffuse" (para 6).

Countries: South Africa
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2, ERBG-DATA-5

"Of all working women in South Africa, around 12% are domestic workers. Public health researcher Catherine Pereira-Kotze explained that these workers had little by way of safety nets. They often depended on the goodwill of their employer to get protection like maternity pay and leave" (para 15).