
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.
I had a difficult childhood. My mother was the sole breadwinner and had to do everything on her own. My siblings and I did not attend kindergarten. When we went […]
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 name is Mary* at the age of 6 years my mother left us because my father abused her. She was the second wife to my father who was a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
*Trigger warning: Violence*
I once had a good loving family, a mother, step dad and a grandfather. I never knew my real father, I never had a father figure till I was 13 that when I was introduced to my step dad and his family. This family camp in 2010 when my mom and step dad got married, I then moved in with them because I had a baby and my aunt and uncle kicked me out so they took me in. We were a happy small family, and then I met my boyfriend Phaphani, who was older than me.