Leonie Joubert, a renowned journalist and photographer, reports on the impact of climate change in South Africa. Her essay is accompanied by striking photographs of South Africa’s vulnerable landscapes and of the people depending on them for their livelihoods.
Perspectives is a publication of the regional office of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung in Africa. With this new publication, we intend to let experts from Africa express their views about current political issues on the continent.
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.
On the 10th of September 2013, representatives from civil society organizations and government officials attended the launch of the third and final shadow report that the Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre (TLAC) and the Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF) have undertaken in their “Strengthening the State’s Response to Gender Based Violence” project.
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.
Heinrich Böll Foundation and Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre launch a shadow report on shelters for abused women as an advocacy tool to mobilise greater support and resources from government.
What frustrations are causing the youth to turn to the streets? How do they mobilise today? Are conventional politics and parties able to attract young people or do they seek alternative ways to engage? How does their political participation manifest? Have they been successful? Are the youth a political force?
