Blog – Page 2 – Interfaith GBV Community of Praxis, hosted by Faith Action Collective and WWSOSA

11 Aug

I have faith in her

By Dr Fikile Vilikazi-Alberts She is sometimes called a girl Other times called a woman And also known as transwoman The wo...

09 Aug

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Women’s Lives and Women’s Choices: A Journey of Learning, Leadership and Solidarity

By Seth Naicker “Women’s Lives and Women’s Choices” was the title of a semester course I completed at Bethel University, taught by P...

03 Aug

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Faith in Her: Why Believing in Her Changes Everything

By Dr Leonora Alberts-Vilakazi We usually talk about it in terms of the grand and abstract faith in the universe, faith in the unse...

03 Aug

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A Personal Journey of Learning from Women in Leadership Towards Activism Against GBV

By Seth Naicker My journey in understanding the rights, dignity, and leadership of women did not begin in a classroom or at a confer...

03 Aug

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Listening, Believing, Acting: How Faith Communities Can Support Survivors

By Gil Harper When someone in our community shares that they have been harmed, our first duty is clear: listen, believe, and act to ...

03 Aug

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Women Leaders for an Empowered Nation: A Faith Response to Ending GBV

By Gil Harper Women’s Month invites us to reflect on the theme set for our nation: Empowered Women, Empower Nations. For faith commu...

18 May

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Together, we can choose positive masculinity

By Ntsikelelo Colossa - African Spiritual Practitioner/Traditional Healer Positive masculinity is a nature that one needs to realise...

22 Apr

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Freedom Day and the Unfinished Work of Freedom: Accountability in Faith Spaces

Every year on 27 April, South Africa marks Freedom Day — a sacred remembrance of the first democratic elections in 1994 and the liberat...

31 Mar

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Safe Spaces, Sacred Trust: Why Survivors Turn to Faith Communities

“Survivors don’t just need protection—they need places where their dignity is restored, their voices are heard, and their healing is he...

19 Mar

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Human Rights Day in SA: A reflection on faith, justice and the GBV crisis

By Gita Dickinson “Gender-based violence is a pandemic that is tearing our society apart.” — Cyril Ramaphosa Human Rights Day in ...