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Title: A discourse on the plight of South African women in the face of abuse and neglect
Authors: Fagbadebo, Omololu
Keywords: Discrimination;South Africa;HIV/AIDS;Corruption;Gender;Rape;Femicide
Issue Date: 25-Oct-2021
Publisher: University of the Western Cape
Source: Fagbadebo, O. 2021. A discourse on the plight of South African women in the face of abuse and neglect. Law, Democracy & Development. 25(2021): 95-118 (23).
Journal: Law, Democracy & Development; Vol. 25, Issue 2021 
Abstract: 
An upsurge in the rate of violence against women has an adverse effect on women in South Africa. Sadly, many South African women who are the victims of violent sexual conduct, such as rape and other forms of violent sexual abuse, have in part contributed to the prevalence of HIV/AIDS infection among women. Of the 7,7 million South African living with
HIV/AIDS in 2018, 4,7 million were women, while another 69 000 were among the new infections. They are more vulnerable to HIV infections with 21,17 percent of women living with the disease. Using personal conversations, literature searches and documents for primary and secondary data, this article argues that value orientation that ascribes superiority to men has damaging consequences on the status of women. South African women are exposed to violent habitual actions of men that denigrate their womanhood. The article, therefore, submits that there is a need to reinforce civil society and strengthen the justice system for the protection and promotion of the rights and freedom of women. Aside from this, the government should increase its commitment to the enforcement of requisite legislative frameworks that safeguard the rights and freedom of women, and review punishments for any acts of violence against women.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10321/4170
ISSN: 2077-4907
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2077- 4907/2020/ldd.v25.spe5
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