Old claims about rape in South Africa still being shared online
Scarce data is just one obstacle to combatting sexual violence.
Scarce data is just one obstacle to combatting sexual violence.
Does South Africa have the highest rape numbers in the world, or is sexual violence on the decline? Do we instead need to ask fresh question...
Most of the information shared about the extent of rape in South Africa is unsupported. Kate Wilkinson looks at why wrong rape “facts” flour
Sky News claimed that a woman or child is raped every 26 seconds in South Africa was from the United Nations, there is no such statistic.
“Raising awareness” about violence against women is useless if you don’t also show how people can help stop it, writes the director of the R
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