RE: PRIORITISING THE FIGHT AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND ADDRESSING THE GENDERPAY GAP IN YOUR MANIFESTOS Dear Parliamentary Members,On behalf of the National Shelter Movement of South Africa (NSMSA), we write this open letter toyou as Women’s Month draws to a close; a significant occasion that symbolises our commitment togender equality and justice. As you start preparing for the upcoming national...Continue reading
Mandela Month is in full swing but for the National Shelter Movement of South Africa (NSMSA) and other non-profit organisations (NPO) working in the social care services sector there is very little Ubuntu coming from the government, especially not from the Department of Social Development (DSD). Just recently there was an announcement that “unused” social services funds – for critical...Continue reading
Click here to download Book There is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of womenThe purpose of this resource book Letting Our Power Glow is to enable and afford shelter residents theopportunity to grow emotionally and psychologically while simultaneously living in an environment safefrom intimate partner violence so that the shelter residents are able to plan and...Continue reading
The National Shelter Movement of South Africa (NSMSA) handed over an open letter to the president’s office at the Union Buildings in Tshwane on Wednesday, 31 August. Read Full Article here: https://www.dailysun.co.za/dailysun/news/calls-for-cele-to-be-axed-20220831
DATE: 31 AUGUST 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa Private Office of the PresidentUnion BuildingGovernment AvenuePretoria0002 RE: NSMSA OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA NATIONAL SHELTER MOVEMENT CALLS FOR REMOVAL OF POLICE MINISTER, AS GOVERNMENT FAILS TO STEM SPIRALLING GBV PANDEMIC Dear Mr. President,As an umbrella organisation representing approximately 95 GBV shelters around the country, the NSMSA has been actively supporting government’s...Continue reading
Click the link below to download the NSMSA Indaba 2021 Report. Click here to download annual report, 7.5mb
The Global Network of Women’s Shelters (GNWS) CSW 66 parallel event hosted on the 14th March 2022, with one of NSMSA’s Executive Director’s Joy Lange.
Click the link below to download the National Shelter Movement ANNUAL REPORT 2020/2021. Click here to download annual report, 5.8mb
Published in November 2020 by the National Shelter Movement of South Africa, as the first of three publications in a series on women’s experiences in shelters. Download Composite Report Publication below; Click here to download publication, 5.7mb
This report presents the experiences of 101 women who were former residents of 31 shelters affiliated to the National Shelter Movement of South Africa (NSMSA). Download Composite Report Publication below; Click here to download publication, 8mb