The united voice on sheltering for abused women & their
children
Supporting, networking, lobbying, and capacity-building on
gender-based violence
and sheltering
The united voice on sheltering for abused women & their
children
Supporting, networking, lobbying, and capacity-building on
gender-based violence
and sheltering
“Shelters play a fundamental, mitigating role in responding to, and addressing, violence against women and their children. Shelters offer safe accommodation, they provide opportunities for healing and re-building, and play a significant role in interrupting and breaking the cycle of violence.”
“Shelters play a fundamental, mitigating role in responding to, and addressing, violence against women and their children. Shelters offer safe accommodation, they provide opportunities for healing and re-building, and play a significant role in interrupting and breaking the cycle of violence.”
For help call the
national 24hr toll free shelter helpline
0800 001 005
For help call the
national 24hr toll free shelter helpline
0800 001 005
Our News
Letter to president urging immediate intervention on funding of women’s shelters
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...
Women’s shelters struggle for funding
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...
Press Release: GBV Victims & Shelters, COVID-19 Lockdown
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...
Shelters provide critical services for survivors of gender-based violence
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...
Shelters — a Last Resort for Abused Women Who Have Nowhere Else to Turn
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,...
Our News
Letter to president urging immediate intervention on funding of women’s shelters
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...
Women’s shelters struggle for funding
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...
Press Release: GBV Victims & Shelters, COVID-19 Lockdown
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...
Shelters provide critical services for survivors of gender-based violence
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...
Shelters — a Last Resort for Abused Women Who Have Nowhere Else to Turn
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,...
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sheltering,
send us a message.