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 | Apr 12, 2020 | Resources
April 2020 Domestic Violence Safety Planning While South Africa is in lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, for some, isolating at homepresents additional risks. Know that help is available during the lockdown – for anyone at risk of domesticand gender-based...
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...
by | Sep 13, 2018 | Research Papers & Reports
September 2018 What is Rightfully Due? Costing the Operations of Domestic Violence Shelters The Hlanganisa Institute for Development in South Africa, the National Shelter Movement of South Africa and the Heinrich Böll Foundation, have recently launched a report which...
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,...
