About two-thirds of women arriving at #DV shelters are unemployed. Could this benefit them too? joylange Ntl Shelter Movement claudia lopes How giving young people basic financial skills helps them find jobs theconversation.com/how-giving-you… via The Conversation Africa

It's not just the Thuthuzela Care Centres that need funding. The hearings Commission for Gender Equality is proposing are crucial. DSD and Human Settlements must account for their inadequate support - and so must Health and Labour claudia lopes Ntl Shelter Movement Heinrich Böll Stiftung Office Cape Town #TrueCostofGBV

When you've spent 3 days reading things like this: (C) I = a1 + a2 I0 + a3Bm Em + a4Bml Eml + a5Z (where C = causal principle) and must translate it into recommendations for creating effective #GBV #CareWork services.

New gender equality index Equal Measures 2030, assessing progress towards the #SDGs. Page 39 onward focuses on sub-Saharan Africa and ranks South Africa second overall, behind Mauritius. data.em2030.org/wp-content/upl…

This is such an important principle. I hope other rogue, delinquent officials are taking note.

It's been a very loooong time since a DSD Minister actually engaged with women's services. I hope this continues. #CareWork

Thank you @ferialhaffejee - I hadn't quite understood the personal costs to journalists of bringing me the news until reading this. REFLECTION: Twitter and the rest of social media are a rising threat to media freedom — and I am part of their roadkill dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-0…

So the NLC is rattled...When will Parliament and the Minister of Trade and Industry start investigating? @SanjaBornman South Africa: Lotteries Commission denies corruption claims, tries to deflect attention to journalists asking questions dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-0…

Sorry National Lotteries Commission, but you must account for the way you use public funds, just like everybody else. No hiding behind disinformation about reporters. See the SANEF statement. sanef.org.za/sanef-calls-on…

15 years ago, we wrote a study on women in prisons and for about 10 years worked with women in prison. Seems like it could be yesterday. Incarcerated women tell NGO they are desperate for help groundup.org.za/article/incarc…

This article offers a useful statistical perspective on women's murders. Well worth reading for the perspective it provides @brodiegal. Five facts: Femicide in South Africa  | Africa Check africacheck.org/reports/five-f…

#CGEhearings are possibly the most important attempt in the last 10 years to address the serious problems faced by shelters. And yet there is very little coverage of these discussions, even though it's the #16Days

#CGEhearings SAPS asked to submit all training materials on #DV to CGE, UN Women audit of training, as well as sexual harassment and other GBV related policies.

#CGEhearings Dept of Women, Youth & Persons with Disabilities pulled out of shelter hearings on Monday Department Of Public Works and Infrastructure sent the wrong person. KZN Social Dev also sent the wrong representatives Social Development described as 'ill-prepared.' Now we see why shelters struggle

#CGEhearings Department of Human Settlements now testifying. Doesn't think department of housing has any role in assisting abused women or shelters. Thinks it's a rental housing problem. Collective jaw drop from around the room.

Presentation from Department of Human Settlement #CGEhearings #cge_shelterreport Javu Baloyi

#CGEhearings there is a very significant mismatch between Human Settlements policies, priorities, models and costs and the housing needs of women exiting abusive relationships.

Gender Commission will write to the Minister of Labour & Employment as well as the DG about representatives who were sent to the #CGEhearings without delegation of authority Javu Baloyi. #CGEhearings

#CHEHearings 22 findings - that may be the most any department received. But the number is well-deserved. Domestic violence and women's mental health have been neglected for years.

National Lotteries Commission : Help us Stop the collapse of NGO's caused by the National Lotteries Commission - Sign the Petition! chng.it/9gxZDQTs via Change.org claudia lopes @SanjaBornman