Let the Women Lead Us Into A Better Future
The women of South Africa have had enough, and they are ready to lead. For centuries, under British colonial rule, Afrikaner apartheid and the ANC majority, men have been entrusted with the most...
View ArticleAbahlali’s Heritage Day rally condemns violence.
Abahlali BaseMjondolo is a shack dwellers movement in South Africa that now organises in five provinces. They held their Heritage Day Celebration rally at the Vusumuzi shack settlement in Tembisa,...
View ArticleThe SVRI Forum Spotlight: Raising Voices revises SASA! Together
The SVRI Forum 2019 took place in Cape town, South Africa, from the 21st to 25th of October 2019. It is a research conference on violence against women and other forms of violence driven by gender...
View ArticleBuilding Feminist Momentum to Prevent VAW in Africa.
“Feminist leadership, coupled with strengthened investments in programming and policy have shifted the discourse from violence as inevitable to preventable. We know now that we can prevent violence...
View ArticleJob Opportunities – Join our exciting team!
Raising Voices would like you to hear from you! Raising Voices hosts the GBV Prevention Network, we work to prevent violence against women (VAW) and violence against children (VAC). We are a...
View ArticleBeyond Nigeria’s Untouchable Sexual Predators: Imagining Safe Workspaces for...
As part of our 16 Days of Activism this year, as the GBV Prevention Network, we have published an article on sexual harassment in the workplace. Kechi, a Nigerian, poet and prose writer urges everyone;...
View ArticleRe-Prioritizing Violence Against Women in Sierra Leone.
Fatou writes about the need for Feminist work to politicize and bring to the frontal lobe of global policy the prioritization of violence against women as caused by unequal gender power dynamics...
View ArticleI am Generation Equality: Tina Musuya, feminist and advocate for ending...
Tina Musuya, Feminist and Executive Director Uganda’s Center for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP) and an advocate for ending gender-based violence shares why she is Generation Equality, things...
View ArticleGuidance Notes on Prevention Violence Against Women during the COVID-19.
Raising Voices developed series of Guidance notes on Preventing Violence Against Women during the COVID-19. The 5 Guidance notes focus on how organizations can prepare to best support staff,...
View ArticleCentering women’s safety while navigating through COVID -19 Pandemic
People around the world are experiencing and witnessing a unique and challenging moment in history due to COVID-19. After its identification, in less than three months it crossed boarders and reached...
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