Tag: GBVF National Disaster

NEWS | 6TH National Shelter Indaba Calls for Sustainable Funding as New Crime Statistics Reveal Scale of GBVF National Crisis

The latest first-quarter crime statistics, recently released by the South African Police Service (SAPS), paint a devastating picture of the gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) national disaster in South Africa. “These terrifying statistics underscore the urgent need to strengthen the country’s already overstretched network of shelters for women and safe spaces for survivors and reinforce exactly why the upcoming 6th...Continue reading

NEWS | Sixth National Shelter Indaba to put South Africa’s GBVF National Disaster Under the Spotlight – And Ask What Happens Next

Johannesburg, South Africa – Nearly a year after gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) was classified as a national disaster, South Africa’s frontline shelter sector says the response remains far too slow – and that the organisations supporting survivors are themselves struggling to survive. In two weeks, the National Shelter Movement of South Africa (NSMSA) will host the Sixth National Shelter...Continue reading