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Amanda Gouws, Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University

Violence against women is staggeringly high in South Africa - a different way of thinking about it is needed

Agitated women vent their anger and frustrations at a gender-based violence summit with government in November 2018. GCIS

South Africa has notoriously high levels of violence against women. The latest police figures show that 10,818 rape cases were reported in the first quarter of 2022. The country has among the highest rape incidence in the world.

How can gender-based violence in the country be reduced?

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