Powerful Discourse: Gender-Based Violence and Counter-Discourses in South Africa

Guns and gender-based violence in South Africa.

BACKGROUND The criminal use of firearms in South Africa is widespread and a major factor in the country having the third-highest homicide rate in the world. Violence is a common feature of South African society. A firearm in the home is a risk factor in intimate partner violence, but this has not been readily demonstrated in South Africa because of a lack of data. METHODS We drew on several S...

Social constructions of gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS in two communities of the Western Cape, South Africa.

The links between gender roles, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS risk are complex and culturally specific. In this qualitative study we investigated how women and men in two black communities in the Western Cape, South Africa, constructed their gender identities and roles, how they understood gender-based violence, and what they believed about the links between gender relations and HIV risk. ...

Gender and Health in South Africa

T here is a strong rationale to involve men in supportive roles in issues that impact on sexual and reproductive health. There is also an urgent need for men to use sexual and reproductive health services in a much more active manner than has traditionally been the case. Current data on the impact of disease on morbidity and mortality points to the devastating effect that HIV is having, particu...

The dual burden of gender-based violence and HIV in adolescent girls and young women in South Africa.

Prevalence and patterns of gender-based violence and revictimization among women attending antenatal clinics in Soweto, South Africa.

Gender-based violence is a key health risk for women globally and in South Africa. The authors analyzed data from 1,395 interviews with women attending antenatal clinics in Soweto, South Africa, between November 2001 and April 2002 to estimate the prevalence of physical/sexual partner violence (55.5%), adult sexual assault by nonpartners (7.9%), child sexual assault (8.0%), and forced first int...