by | Aug 24, 2020 | In the News, Press Release
August 2020 Press Release – The national shelter movement calls for the president to address funding of women’s abuse shelters THE NATIONAL SHELTER MOVEMENT CALLS FOR THE PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS FUNDING OF WOMEN’S ABUSE SHELTERS The National Shelter Movement of South...
by | Aug 21, 2020 | In the News
May 2020 Letter to president urging immediate intervention on funding of women’s shelters RE: NATIONAL SHELTER MOVEMENT CALLS ON THE PRESIDENT TO INTERVENE AND URGENTLY ADDRESS MURDEROUS FUNDING ISSUES WITH WOMEN’S SHELTERS Dear President Ramaphosa It’s Women’s Month...
by | Apr 16, 2020 | In the News
January 2020 Women’s shelters struggle for funding South Africa has one of the highest rates of gender-based violence, but its shelters are battling to stay afloat – and government departments have been slow to explain why, writes New Frame journalist, Zandile...
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 | 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 | Aug 31, 2018 | In the News
August 2018 Shelters — a Last Resort for Abused Women Who Have Nowhere Else to Turn As Women’s Month draws to a close, about 130 vulnerable women living in shelters gathered on Thursday for a luncheon hosted by the Western Cape Women’s Shelter Network. Joy Lange,...
