A few years ago, I found myself in a situation where a woman was being abused and, as a woman myself, I was too scared to help. I lived in the quiet section of a big township in Gauteng. My living space was in a communal set up, with several tenants sharing a house that…
The day my abusive father rescued me from my abuser
Many of us have direct or indirect experiences with gender-based violence and very few of us know where to go for help Growing up, I witnessed my father beat up my mother daily. My childhood memories are filled with images of my father hitting my mother and my younger siblings and I trying to intervene….