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Acts of sexual violence continue to threaten the rights of many children across the country, infringing on their constitutionally protected rights to equality, privacy, dignity, safety and health. When a…
Acts of sexual violence continue to threaten the rights of many children across the country, infringing on their constitutionally protected rights to equality, privacy, dignity, safety and health. When a…
In South Africa, Sexual Reproductive Health Rights are enshrined in section 27 of the Constitution, which states that "everyone has the right to access health care services, including reproductive health…
Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng UN Special Rapporteur 31 July 2020 Dear Dr Mofokeng RE: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APPOINTMENT SECTION27 and partners would like to congratulate you on your appointment as the…
Letter to Minister for Health re: protecting safe access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services during COVID-19 17 April 2020 Dear Minister Mkhize, RE: PROTECTING SAFE ACCESS TO SEXUAL…
SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign have developed a pamphlet listing the facilities that offer termination of pregnancy services in Gauteng Province. Gauteng Abortion Services Pamphlet
Press Statement: SECTION27 and Sonke Gender Justice Deeply Concerned with Alabama Abortion Act and US Restrictions on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Civil society organisations SECTION27 and Sonke Gender Justice…
SECTION27 celebrated She Decides Day on 2 March 2019
4 March 2019 Statement from SECTION27 Men’s forum re: Wodumo Assault. SECTION27’s Men’s Forum was established in November 2018 following waves relating to sexual harassment and violence in civil…
SECTION27 stands in solidarity with the #TotalShutdownthat aims to highlight and eradicate the alarmingly high incidence of Gender Based Violence in South Africa. We will be participating in the various planned acts of solidarity
It is imperative that students and staff are made fully aware of the policies in place to protect them and even more important that the members of the offices and task forces set up specifically to manage sexual violence are clear on what those policies are and how to adequately put them into practice.
This guide details, step by step, what to do at the hospital, the police station, the court or school to report sexual abuse and get justice.
A recently launched website unveiling the secrecy around the annual initiation rituals in the Eastern Cape has sparked a large outcry among sections of the Eastern Cape population, notably the…