by | Mar 26, 2020 | In the News
March 2020 Press Release: GBV Victims & Shelters, COVID-19 Lockdown While South Africans are stockpiling and preparing for a 21-day countrywide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, for some, isolating at home presents additional risks, on top of...
by | Oct 19, 2019 | Research Papers & Reports
October 2019 Policing Responses to Domestic Violence: Exploring Reactions by the Police to Women in Need of Shelter This research paper highlights weaknesses in police responses to victims of domestic violence by reviewing call logs documenting requests for assistance...
by | Sep 20, 2019 | In the News
September 2019 Shelters provide critical services for survivors of gender-based violence Women activists who have been conducting countrywide protests since the peak in femicide and violence against women in September have released an appeal to the government to use a...
by | Dec 13, 2018 | Research Papers & Reports
December 2018 The Long-term Impact of Shelters on the Lives of Abused Women This publication is the final in a series of reports that the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the National Shelter Movement of South Africa have produced in relation to their ‘Enhancing State...
by | Dec 6, 2018 | Research Papers & Reports
December 2018 Out of Harm’s Way: Women’s Shelters in the Eastern and Northern Cape This publication is the fifth in a series of provincial studies describing women’s uses of shelters undertaken by the HBF and the National Shelter Movement of SA’s EU-supported...
