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📢 Happening Today! Join us for our live webinar. Where we will delve deeper into bringing Policy to Practice, through Strengthening Regional Collaboration for Youth-Led Gender Based Violence (GBV) Prevention and Response. Don’t miss your chance to learn, ask questions, and

Climate change is a global crisis, but its most severe impacts are felt across the African continent. To address these injustices, we must embrace both environmental restorative justice and epistemic justice, ensuring that African voices and knowledge guide climate action. 💡

When we stay silent in the face of wrongdoing, we become part of the problem. ⚖️ Corruption, mismanagement, and abuse continue because too many voices are afraid to speak. Our Whistleblower Validation Workshop examined how strong whistleblowing systems can combat the societal

🎥 Webinar Replay: Situation Report Launch Catch up on our latest Situation Report, a comprehensive review of key developmental challenges shaping Africa today. Our expert panel explored the continent’s social, economic, and governance trends, and what they mean for Africa’s

From Policy to Practice: Strengthening Regional Collaboration for Youth-Led Gender Based Violence (GBV) Prevention and Response. GBV continues to threaten the safety, dignity, and potential of young people across Africa, but the youth are rising to change the narrative. The

South Africa, A Country in Crisis: Every day, women in South Africa live in fear. Violence has become a language our nation knows too well, and silence keeps it alive. Our country faces one of the highest rates of gender-based violence in the world. This is not just a statistic;

We stand firm in our commitment to reparation, healing, and social justice. All through honoring the truth, community work and building a future rooted in equity and care. 💛 The Gender Programme in March 2025 facilitated community dialogues to combat gender based violence

As the hot season approaches in South Africa, let’s stay alert and prepared for possible floods and the negative impacts it leaves behind.⛈️⚠️ The heavy downpours, strong winds, and unexpected snowfall experienced in June 2025 at the Eastern Cape province, remind us that those

💜 #TogetherForSaferCommunities November marks the global observance of the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children. CSVR hosted a GBV Laws Training for SAPS officers and civil society organizations in June 2025, focusing on strengthening police responses

⚖️🚸 “School violence manifests itself in many forms including discipline problems such as fighting among learners, bullying, utterances of crude and sexist remarks against fellow learners and teachers, racism, stabbings, shootings at schools and even murder.” – Gugu Nonjinge &

Our Research Manager, Nomancotsho Pakade recently gathered in Cali with @Dejusticia exploring how we can heal the damage of centuries of injustice across the world. Together with other leaders, they reflected on the shared histories of slavery, colonization, and structural racism

Lesego Sekhu, Elin Skaar, Pilar Domingo, and Ana Braconnier joined a panel on “Truth Commissions and Sexual Violence” at the Bergen Exchanges, examining how 38 commissions in Africa and Latin America address conflict-related sexual violence. The discussion highlighted issues of

How can mental health support shape justice after conflict? 🕊️ Our previously hosted webinar explored the powerful connection between Mental Health and Psychosocial Support and Transitional Justice. How healing, accountability, and community rebuilding intersects to support

No one should be left behind in the fight against climate change. Wilifrida S. John, our Advocacy Fellow explores how gender inclusion is key to achieving true climate justice in South Africa.💚 South Africa is confronting the interconnected challenges of climate change and

⚖️ 9th African Transitional Justice Forum (ATJF 2025) From September 30 to October 2, 2025, CSVR hosted the 9th African Transitional Justice Forum (ATJF), gathering voices from across Africa and the diaspora under the theme “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent

The 3rd Southern Africa Forum against Gender-Based Violence united advocates, leaders, and changemakers in one powerful conversation on ending sexual and gender-based violence. We shared ideas, challenged norms, and built solidarity across communities. Every discussion reminded

Get to know CSVR📢💬 CSVR’s work bridges research, policy, and practice — not only studying violence and conflict, but actively intervening, training, and supporting communities. Explore some of the impactful work we’ve done as an organization. https://t.co/bk0KuUBei2

In today's demanding world, empathy and softness are not weaknesses but sources of power for leaders. “Trauma-informed leadership is not about having all the answers; it’s about creating spaces where people feel safe enough to be authentic, supported enough to heal, and

🌍 Strengthening Healing and Resilience in South Sudan 🇸🇸 From 22–24 October 2025, CSVR, as part of its multi-annual strategy with Impunity Watch, held a three-day MHPSS capacity-building workshop in South Sudan, guided by three key objectives: a) Strengthen participants’

On this Mental Health Awareness Month, as CSVR we would like to be a part of your healing journey. 🌻 ✨ We offer free Mental Health & Psychosocial Support to individuals, families & communities affected by violence—including SGBV and torture. Our services are open to South