MHM Magazine

GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA A C A L L T O A C T I O N FACT SHEET 1 33.1% Translates to 7 310 389 women 9.8% Translates to 2 150 342 women 35.5% Translates to 7 847 438 women Translates to 1 338 336 women Translates to 432 525 women Translates to 1 536 729 women Prevalence of Lifetime and Recent Violence among South African Women aged 18 and above Recent physical violence Recent sexual violence Recent physical and/or sexual violence 6.1% 2.0% 7.0% Lifetime physical violence Lifetime sexual violence Lifetime physical and/or sexual violence 24.6% Translates to 5 417 522 women 5.9% Translates to 1 278 011 women 27.0% Translates to 5 948 915 women Translates to 738 407 women Translates to 124 438 women Translates to 807 260 women Prevalence of Non-Partner Violence among South African Women since age 15 Recent physical violence Recent sexual violence Recent physical and/or sexual violence 3.4% 0.6% 3.7% Lifetime physical violence Lifetime sexual violence Lifetime physical and/or sexual violence Source: ZunguNP.,PetersenZ.,ParkerW.,DukhiN.,Sewpaul,R.,AbdelatifN.,Naidoo I.,MoolmanB., IsaacsD.,MakushaT.,MabasoM.,ReddyT., Zuma,K.andTheSANSHEFTeam (2024). The First South African National Gender-Based Violence Study: A Baseline Survey on Victimisation and Perpetration Fact Sheet 1. Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council Translates to 3 221 649 women Translates to 1 131 293 women Translates to 3 448 669 women Translates to 2 495 451 men Translates to 917 395 men Translates to 3 192 790 men Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) among women and men aged 18 and above Recent physical IPV Recent sexual IPV Recent physical and/or sexual IPV Recent physical IPV Recent sexual IPV Recent physical and/or sexual IPV Translates to 747 188 women Translates to 354 196 women Translates to 925 261 women Translates to 366 030 men Translates to 284 311 men Translates to 627 939 men 5.2% 2.5% 6.4% 2.4% 2.3% 4.0% 16.7% 7.5% 20.5% 22.4% 7.9% 23.9% Lifetime physical IPV Lifetime sexual IPV Lifetime physical and/or sexual IPV VICTIMISATION PERPETRATION Violence among all women aged 18 y ars and older, regardless of partnership status Non-par r violence (NPV) among women, sin e aged 15 Intimate partne violence (IPV) among women and men aged 18 years and older Source: ZunguNP., Petersen Z., ParkerW., Dukhi N., Sewpaul, R., Ab elatif N., Naidoo I., Mo lman B., I acs D., Makusha T., Mab soM., Reddy T., Zuma, Kt. and The SANSHEF Team (2024). The First South African National Gender-Based Violence Study, 2022: A Baseline Survey on Victimisation and Perpetration Fact Sheet 1. Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council