This past Friday’s events, if anything, place a large question mark over the popular portrayal of the violent protests that have rocked the coastal town. “Marauding bandits”, “criminals”, “savages”, “hooligans”, “rogues”, “thugs” and “terrorists” are some ...
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This article explores the social representation of black masculinities as violent in the globally publicized case of the murder by Oscar Pistorius of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. This murder and the subsequent media interest it ...
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This report provides a concise overview of best practice guidelines for community-based violence prevention initiatives. It then presents an integrated model for working with communities, based on a review of CSVR's psychosocial and violence prevention ...
Read MoreCSVR launches groundbreaking research on why Violence Against Women (VAW) persists.
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Women's Contribution to Social Cohesion and Violence Prevention through the Community Work Programme
This policy brief looks at the prominent role (older) women play in the Community Work Programme (CWP). Focusing on women participants’ involvement in community work and local social networks, it demonstrates their contribution to building ...
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Working for Safety: The Community Work Programme as a Tool for Preventing Violence and Building Safer Communities
The Community Work Programme (CWP) provides two days of work per week (up to 100 days per year) to unemployed and underemployed people. During the year April 2014 to March 2015 there were 202 599 ...
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How the Community Work Programme Can Reach Its Full Potential as an Instrument of Community Development in South Africa
CSVR has been involved in research on the CWP and its impact on violence and crime prevention since 2013. One of the first observations from this research was that there is a lot of variation ...
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