We’re proud to have been invited to discuss corrective rape in South Africa on Al Jazeera Live and The Stream. With comments like, “The way you dress [...] causes the rape, those short skirts are not right”, it is clear that we still have a long way to go. Thanks for inviting us to be a part of this important...
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Girls & Football SA was invited to South Africa’s biggest girls’ tournament to implement our girls only safe space workshops. We were able to work with 200 girls directly, and reach 700 girls indirectly. Check out some of the photos of our afternoon – a truly inspirational experience.
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The award winning Girls & Football SA focuses on the development of girls and women through sport, media and education. In this video, the role of football in creating a safe space for girls and women in South Africa is explored, with a specific focus on the prevalence of corrective rape in the...
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This weekend, Girls & Football SA was invited to attend the Cup of Dreams All Girls tournament in Pretoria, South Africa! With 26 teams it is the largest girls’ tournament in the country. Throughout the day (and in the summer heat of the Gauteng province), we carried out our safe-space workshops with the different teams....
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Human rights are defined as the basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled. On December 10th 1948, the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” which identifies various rights, such as the right to life, liberty and security, freedom from slavery and servitude, freedom...
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With the basic human rights of women regarding their health, bodies and sexuality being called into question during recent debates on contraceptive use in the US, Girls & Football SA carried out a series of interviews with girls and women in South Africa to discover that the majority does not feel they have access to accurate...
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