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NSP fails to address HIV in prisons

News

The new plan that to guide South Africa’s fight against HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) fails to address some of “the drivers of the epidemics”, like overcrowding and sexual violence in prisons.

Amy Green
March 31, 2017

Rape drives HIV and depression

News

Sexual violence plays a significant role in HIV infection and depression, according to ground-breaking research with women living in Rustenburg.

kerrycullinan
February 17, 2017

HIV: Don’t forget the elderly

Gender Based Violence, Health

Elderly people are also vulnerable to HIV and this World AIDS Day the Department of Health is urging young and old to get tested.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
December 1, 2016

Dying to be a woman in South Africa

Gender Based Violence

From violent male partners to vaginal bacteria that make a woman more likely to get HIV, it is dangerous to be a women in South Africa.

Amy Green
August 8, 2016

Rape: Women are suffering in silence

Gender Based Violence

South Africa’s rape rate is so high that it is akin to a country at war. But many women are suffering in silence, without counselling or treatment that can protect them from HIV.

kerrycullinan
June 13, 2016

Study may reveal extent of statutory rape

Health, Our Health

Mzanzi Magic’s recent “Our Perfect Wedding” saga thrust statutory rape into the national headlines but just how many cases of statutory rape are reported each year in South Africa is anyone’s guess.

Bontle Motsoeneng
December 18, 2015

Recovery after rape

Gender Based Violence

The trauma of rape can cause severe emotional distress for the survivor, and feelings of shock, shame, guilt, anger and powerlessness are common.

KathleenDey and KathleenDey
August 31, 2015

Reporting rape when the police don’t take you seriously

Gender Based Violence

Despite rape being a serious problem in South Africa, some police officers still don’t know how to treat rape survivors properly.

KathleenDey and KathleenDey
August 28, 2015

Six steps to take if you have been raped

Gender Based Violence, Women's Health

As Women's Month winds to an end, Rape Crisis gives advice for rape survivors.

EmilyWhiteside and EmilyWhiteside
August 27, 2015

Rape within families under-reported

Gender Based Violence, News, Our Health

Rape remains under-reported nationally but there may be no rapes more hidden than those committed within families.

Bontle Motsoeneng
August 25, 2015

Booklet: The Road to Recovery – You and Rape

Gender Based Violence, Health, Women's Health

This Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust booklet provides information for rape survivors including how to report a rape, what to do medically after an assault and how to report poor treatment by the police.

healthe
August 19, 2015

Why do men rape? Gender-based violence documentary premiere

Gender Based Violence

South Africa may have one of the highest rape rates in the world, similar to countries at war but why do men rape? Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking and Health-e News investigate in this latest documentary.