One year after summiting Mount Everest via the North Side, South African mountaineer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Angela Yeung has fulfilled a promise that began at 8,849 metres above sea level.
For every metre climbed on Everest, one bra was pledged to restore dignity to women and girls affected by Gender-Based Violence and vulnerable living conditions across South Africa.
Today,…
GBV. A neat little acronym that places Gender-Based Violence a comfortable arm's length away. We increasingly hear those three letters spoken but they hide the ugly truth about this particular form of violence without saying its name.
That ends today.
Gender-Based Violence is a harmful act directed at someone because of their biological sex or gender…
More people were raped in South Africa between 1 April and 30 June 2021 than died during the deadly third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. That excludes the more than 5700 people that were murdered during that time, with those deaths including the heart-breaking statistic that a woman is murdered every four hours in South Africa. …