The South African Medical Research Council has co-developed and successfully conducted pilot studies of two peer-led, evidence-informed interventions Ntombi Vimbela! and Vimbela uVikele! that address sexual violence risk and promote mental health among students in post-school education and training institutions.

Harm due to alcohol use is strongly associated with the availability, accessibility and affordability of alcohol in communities. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends that public health efforts must seek to reduce the availability of alcohol in order to reduce consumption and alcohol-related harm(1). This study focused on alcohol availability by examining alcohol outlet densities (AOD) - defined as a high concentration of alcohol outlets in a small area and outlet trading times (OTT), in two South African communities.

Femicide is the most extreme form of gender-based violence (GBV) and South Africa has the highest rates of femicide in the world. Bemoaning an-other femicide is the new normal in the country, yet in our outrage we must not lose sight of the fact that femicide is preventable. The Gender & Health Research Unit of the South African Medical Research Council has been studying femicide in South Africa for more than 20 years. In 1999 we showed four women were killed every day by their husband or boyfriend (intimate partner), which decreased to three women a day in 2009.

Two National Surveys show decline over 8 years from 2009 to 2017

Introduction

Global estimates of gender-related killings of women and girls in the private sphere in 2021 Improving data to improve responses

Key Findings

Introduction

Murder of women and girls, in acts of femicide, is the most extreme form of gender-based violence (GBV). With South Africa being known for having one of the highest rates of femicide in the world, hardly a day passes without another case highlighted in the media.