Emotional
I Stories
Over the years GL has demonstrated a commitment to gender justice and equality by efforts to create opportunities and provide spaces for survivors of all forms of gender violence to speak out, participate in various conversations and document their experiences through I-Stories.
“As I reached the other side of the river, it started raining and the God-sent water washed away all the dirt that was on my body.”
I am 25 years old and I have three daughters who are under seven years old. My life has always been full of difficulties. I did not know my father […]
August 24, 2023
Themes:
Gender based violence
| Intimate partner violence
| Young Women
Programs:
Gender based violence
My power taken away
I was married for 18 years. My first child was born in 1991 and the second one in 1995. I stayed with my in-laws from 1988 until 1998. I was […]
November 4, 2019
Themes:
Economic violence
| Emotional violence
| Gender based violence
Programs:
Gender & Governance
Treated bad because of my background
My name is Precious . I am 35 years old. In 1999 I started dating and I was clueless about dating, I was 18 years and I fell pregnant by […]
Living beyond HIV
My name is Racheal , and I am a widow. I had two children and they have both passed on, the first was 24 years when he passed, on the […]
My life, my journey. My tears, my strength. Life is exciting yet so cruel.
My name is Mrosa*. I was raised by a single mother together with my four brothers and a sister. My mother had to work hard for us and far away […]
November 1, 2019
Themes:
Economic violence
| Entrepreneurship
| Gender based violence
Programs:
Gender & Governance
Is emotional abuse not abuse
My Name is Kedibone* I got married to my husband in 1995 and in 1997 we had our first child this is when he started to abuse me. He was […]
November 1, 2019
Themes:
Economic violence
| Emotional violence
Programs:
Gender & Governance
| Gender justice and local government summit
I continue to live in fear
My name is Nomsa. I stay Ga-Mashashane, Mohlonong. I was married in the Mabotja family from 2007. Things were fine between me and my husband until 2013. In 2013 he […]
November 1, 2019
Themes:
Economic violence
| Gender based violence
Programs:
Gender & Governance
| Gender justice and local government summit
In laws from hell
My name is Sarah* I was married at the age of 27 but I entered with Satan in my marriage. My sisters in law abused me and that lead my […]
November 1, 2019
Themes:
Economic violence
| Gender based violence
Programs:
Economic Justice
| Entrepreneurship
| Gender justice and local government summit
| Gender Violence
That is the life I am leaving.
My name is Cecilia, I am the fourth child in a family of five. I had my child when I was 17 years. I started dating at a very young […]
November 1, 2019
Themes:
Economic violence
| Gender based violence
Programs:
Gender Justice
| Gender justice and local government summit
| The Gender Based Violence Indicators Project
I have been through it all.
My name is Mosima* I fell in love with a man hoping he is the one I will spend the rest of my life with. We have three beautiful children […]
November 1, 2019
Themes:
Economic violence
| Entrepreneurship
| GBV
Programs:
Entrepreneurship
| Gender & Governance
| Gender Justice
| Gender justice and local government summit
| Gender Violence
Zimbabwe: The effects of child headed family destroyed my life
My name is Beatrice* I was left as an orphan at the age of eleven. My twin sister and I were the eldest and had to look after our three […]
Business brings my family back together!
It was 7 January 2014 when my husband got a car accident in his work place and passed on. We had three children with him, one being a girl and […]
July 12, 2019
Themes:
Business
| GBV
| Gender equality
| Local Government
Programs:
Gender & Governance
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Women in Umguza RDC are breaking barriers in the horticulture value chain. @GenderLinks LED programme, funded by @SwedenInZW, is empowering women to reduce poverty & enhance livelihoods. #PromotingGenderInclusive #LocalEconomicDevelopment @umguzardc @MoLGPWZim https://t.co/mZATIBo7eZ
Countering backlash against LGBTQI+ rights. 📒Read article that is part of the Gender Links’ Voice and Choice Barometer 2024 social media campaign. #BreakTheBarriers #PushForward https://t.co/hMVLJWkHZF https://t.co/Xo8kocQ2S0
💡Did you Know?💡 The study on gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa reveals that 35.5% of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence. https://t.co/NwkiXkMoaT
GBV in SADC: Progress, challenges, pushing forward. #EndGBV #GenderEquality Read article that is part of the Gender Links’ Voice and Choice Barometer 2024 social media campaign. https://t.co/LlL2wVkmDz https://t.co/aeXN0w6zJK
RT @NewEraNewspaper: Gender Links, a Southern African non-governmental organisation, has commended Namibia for its significant progress in…
Barometer 2024: Adolescent SRHR 🇿🇦S.A.’s Dep. of Health officially launched a mobile app designed to provide adolescent & youth-friendly health services (AYFHS) & information Watch video here @ https://t.co/S8YZ3JsdJz https://t.co/DoThPoPiSX
Unmet needs for contraceptives persist in the region. #AdolescentHealth #PushForward 📗Read article that is part of the Gender Links’ Voice and Choice Barometer2024 social media campaign.. https://t.co/JuFqxGNUR7 https://t.co/MAjChaEIfV
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