This issue of Perspectives provides insight into country-specific challenges and controversies with regards to women’s access to justice in selected sub-Saharan African states.
This report sets out the provisions of the Domestic Violence Act and assesses whether problems with the implementation of this legislation are still being faced by profiling the experiences of 151 people applying for protection orders at nine courts in Johannesburg and East Rand and seeking assistance from the police on domestic violence matters.
This issue discusses the diverse challenges women from across the continent face in terms of their land rights. It substantiates the need for interventions that reach beyond the provision of legal access to land rights if the aim of women’s economic empowerment is to be realised.
This policy brief presents a summary of two shadow reports that focused on shelter policy, funding and practice and ends with a set of recommendations for the improvement of sheltering services for abused women and their children.
This shadow report assesses the provision and funding of shelters by the Western Cape Department of Social Development while considering whether shelters in this province have sufficient resources to meet the legitimate needs of women and children seeking refuge from domestic violence in the home.
