Violence in the Rural Global South

Implementing intimate partner violence care in a rural sub-district of South Africa: a qualitative evaluation

Background Despite a high burden of disease, in South Africa, intimate partner violence (IPV) is known to be poorly recognised and managed. To address this gap, an innovative intersectoral model for the delivery of comprehensive IPV care was piloted in a rural sub-district. Objective To evaluate the initiative from the perspectives of women using the service, service providers, and managers. De...

The Global Status Report on Violence Prevention 2014: Where to for the South African health sector?

[1] on 10 December 2014. The report reviews how governments around the world, including in South Africa (SA), are attempting to curb interpersonal violence. There is some good news in the report. In common with many other countries, SA's homicide rate has declined over the past decade: Across the five types of interpersonal violence assessed in the report – child maltreatment, youth violence, i...

Violence in rural communities: youth speak out!

INTRODUCTION The current available literature does not present the viewpoints of rural youths regarding the meaning of violence. DESIGN A mixed method exploratory, descriptive study was conducted to generate information from rural youth about violence. The qualitative phase of the exploratory, descriptive study is reported here. RESULTS Interviews with fifty-two youth (20 males and 32 femal...

environmental security and global violence

for many years, the prevailing notion of security has been associated with the ‘realist’ militaryside of conflict management, understood as ‘national security’. for us the term does not just mean theinterplay of deterring, compelling, defensive and offensive force in the pursuit of a self-defined nationalinterest. above all, and at a fundamental level it includes the safety and quality of life ...

Armed Violence and Insecurity in South Sudan