Background Evidence on the impact of COVID-19 and lockdown remains at an early stage.
There is limited research about the impact of hard lockdown restrictions on families …

Using the Peruvian internal armed conflict as a case study, this book examines wartime rape
and how it reproduces and reinforces existing hierarchies. Jelke Boesten argues that …

Violence and crime in countries such as South Africa are shaped by deep socio-economic
inequalities; however, the spatial designs of urban areas and housing also play a role, but …

Through rich stories of African migrant women in Johannesburg, this book explores the
experience of living between geographies. Author Caroline Kihato draws on fieldwork and …

Much of women's experiences during and following periods of extensive violence are
informed by pre-existing, peacetime, inequalities. The specific gendered harms suffered by …

Using a social ecological approach (Bronfenbrenner) to violence and including Hobsbawm's
historical analysis of the collective uses of violence, this article shows how gender-based …

South African townships have among the highest rates of HIV infection in the world.
Considerable research on understanding the high rates of HIV transmission in this country …

In this article, I identify four interpretive frames that have been or may be used to make sense
of the high incidence of rape in contemporary postapartheid South Africa, namely, past …

Epidemiological studies have shown the adverse neuro-behavioral health effects of lead
exposure among children, in particular. However, there is lack evidence in this regard from …

South Africa has one of the highest rates of intimate partner violence in the world. The South
African mass media have been recognised as playing an important role in influencing …