• Social Context and Analysis
• Statistics
• Rape
• Sexual Harassment

Statistical and contextual information in this section aims to help develop a broader understanding of the social context of violence against women in South Africa.

Social Context and Analysis

• The Best Kept Secret: Violence against Domestic Workers
  (Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Mmatshilo Motsei, 25/7/90)

• The basic facts about women abuse
  Abuse is any pattern of behaviour that controls another person, causes physical harm or fear, makes someone do things they do not want to do, or prevents them from doing things they do want to do.
  (People Opposing Women Abuse)

• Overcoming Endemic Violence Against Women
  (Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Lloyd Vogelman & Gillian Eagle, In Social Justice Vol. 18, Nos. 1-2, 1991)

• A Triad of Oppression: violence, women and poverty
  (Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Noreen Callaghan, Brandon Hamber and Spiwe Takura)

• Battered Dreams: Violence Against Women As An Obstacle To Development
  Published in 1992 this booklet by Roxanna Carillo is a state-of-the-art review of violence against women and presents startling figures on gender violence worldwide, and analyzes its human and economic costs.

• "Man Shoots Wife": A Pilot Study Detailing Intimate Femicide in Gauteng, South Africa
  This article summarises some of the major findings of a pilot study conducted exploring intimate femicide undertaken by Lisa Vetten during 1995. In particular, it looks at some possible ways of preventing intimate femicide suggested by the study's findings.

• Violence Against Women in South Africa: A Literature Review
  Prepared for Soul City by Lisa Vetten in 1996, this document is available as a downloadable file. The literature review surveys the areas of sexual violence, wife abuse and femicide, makes recommendations in these areas and contains a useful bibliography.

• Women Abuse in South Africa: An Exploratory Study
  An abstract of an exploratory study that addresses the issue of women abuse and the resources (or the lack of resources) available to victimized women and children.
  

• A Select Bibliography of Women's Human Rights
  (By Rebecca J. Cook and Valerie L. Oosterveld)

• Sexual Rights And Violence
  (Excerpts From Tshwaranang Update, Vol 01, No 4, December 1997)

• Violence Sets Teenage Sex Rules
  (Independent Newspapers, 14/01/98)

Statistics

• Statistics on Violence Against Women in South Africa and Internationally
  (NICRO Women's Support Centre, October 1998)

• Domestic Violence Facts Presented to Members of Parliament
  Information presented in a fact sheet circulated to all members of parliament in November 1997.

• Statistics on Violence Against Women in South Africa
  Statistics from the South African Police Service Crime Information Management Centre

Rape

• Violent Crime: Rape
  (Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Lloyd Vogelman, In McKendrick, B. & Hoffman, W.C. (Eds), People and the Violence in South Africa, pp. 96-134, Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1990)

• War and the Making of Men and Women
  (Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Lisa Vetten, 16/8/98)

• Reporting on Rape in South Africa
  (Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Lisa Vetten, 1998)

• Myths and Misconception About Rape
  (A People Opposing Women Abuse (Powa) information pamphlet)

• Rape: The Basic Facts
  (A People Opposing Women Abuse (Powa) information pamphlet)

• Rape Trauma Syndrome
  (A People Opposing Women Abuse (Powa) information pamphlet)

• Facts Behind the Rape Headlines: The Women's Voice
  (CIETafrica, 29/5/98)

• Gang Rape: Not Just Another Headline
  (CIETafrica, 24/5/98)

• Finding The Facts About Jo'burg Rape
  (CIETafrica, 27/5/98)

• More Rapes "Since ANC Came Into Power"
  (ECN, 25/7/98)

• Demand for instant gratification an important factor in many rape cases
  (Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Gill Huber, Marilyn Donaldson, Mary Robertson and Mercy Hlongweni)

• An overview of rape in South Africa
  (Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Mary Robertson)

• Rape a symptom of transitional turmoil
  (Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Graeme Simpson, Mary Robertson and Brandon Hamber)

• A Cry that No One Hears - Report on Study of Child Rape
  (Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Sharon Lewis, 1997)

• Jack-asses and Jackrollers: Rediscovering Gender in Understanding violence
  (Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Graeme Simpson, 1992)

Sexual Harassment

• Adding up the Costs of Sexual Harassment
  (Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Lisa Vetten, 9/8/98)