Rape in South Africa.

"Other patients are really in need of medical attention"--the quality of health services for rape survivors in South Africa.

OBJECTIVE To investigate in the South African public health sector where the best services for rape survivors were provided, who provided them, what the providers' attitudes were towards women who had been raped and whether there were problems in delivering care for rape survivors. METHODS A cross-sectional study of facilities was carried out. Two district hospitals, a regional hospital and a...

Rape in South Africa - call to action.

Rape in South Africa - a call to action.

''If they rape me, I can't blame them": reflections on gender in the social context of child rape in South Africa and Namibia.

The study was based on 77 semi-structured in-depth interviews and 3 small group discussions which were conducted with informants in Windhoek, Namibia and rural Mpumalanga province, South Africa. Children (abuse survivors and others), parents, men and women from the community and a range of key informants (such as police, social workers, health workers, NGO staff and teachers) were asked about t...

Lived experiences of male intimate partners of female rape victims in Cape Town, South Africa.

BACKGROUND Sexual violence in South Africa is a major public health and social problem. Sexual assault or rape is a traumatic event which disrupts not only the life of the female rape victim, but also that of her male intimate partner (MIP), irrespective of whether he witnessed or was informed of the incident. OBJECTIVES The study aimed to explore the lived experiences of MIPs of female rape ...