gender-based violence Archives

Be safer in your taxi (and tell your friends this too)

Posted: 19th March 2025

by QW+ staff writer

Be safer in your taxi (and tell your friends this too)

Using a taxi is a part of everyday life for many people. But, for South African women+*, using public transport means navigating a minefield of risks. News24 reports that TV personality Anele Mdoda posted on X about how an Uber driver had allegedly threatened her after she chose the “no conversation” option in the Uber … Read more

16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

Posted: 30th November 2021

by QW+ staff writer

16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

A list of women+ experts to comment on 16 Days of Activism Against GBV.

Together we can eradicate gender-based violence

Posted: 10th November 2020

by QW+ staff writer

Together we can eradicate gender-based violence

By Paula Quinsee November kicks off the global “16 Days of Activism” campaign highlighting the plague of gender-based violence (GBV) against women and children. Whether we want to admit it or not, domestic abuse happens on a daily basis in our homes, our communities and our businesses. Covid-19 has highlighted the problem due to the … Read more

Posted: 22nd September 2020

by QW+ staff writer

This is how we speak: Art

Christina Schild looks at a moving and upsetting – but ultimately inspiring – series of artworks by Capetonian Emma Leslie. (Warning: images are disturbing)