TO ALL POLITICAL PARTIES IN SOUTH AFRICA

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

With Little Coming From Government, GBV Shelters Call For Ubuntu From South Africans To Help Victims Of Gender-Based Violence.

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

Letting Our Power Glow Activities to build women’s power

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

NATIONAL SHELTER MOVEMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA CALLS FOR REMOVAL OF POLICE MINISTER

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