Together with many other women’s and human rights activists and organisations, the Saartjie Baartman Centre has added its name and support to a letter written to the press about the way 800m gold medal winner Caster Semenya has been treated by the athletics community and in the media: Caster Semenya and Gender Discrimination – the

2009 was an important year in the history of the Saartjie Baartman Centre, as we celebrated our 10th anniversary – 10 years of challenges, amazing growth and wonderful rewards. “The 10 year existence of the Centre has been a story of courage, tenacity and the unrelenting conviction in our right to live free of abuse,

The Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children faces closure. Please view the the video clip below by clicking on the link for more on this and to find out how you can help to make a difference in the lives of these women and children.

Press release The Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children in Manenberg, Cape Town has a local and international reputation as one of the finest one-stop centres to provide free shelter, legal and counselling services, job-training programmes and other resources to abused women and their children. As one of the shelter residents says, “The Centre

Thanks to your generous support, the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children’s  doors have remained open to serve women and children who are survivors of domestic abuse. We are delighted by the response. Although there is always a need for funding to ensure that we are able to continue our much-needed work with survivors

Scholarship for virgins is ‘preposterous and archaic’ – women’s rights centre (NEWS 24) 26 January, 03:11 PM Women’s rights activists across the globe have criticised SA municipality, uThekela, for offering scholarships to virgins. We speak to Shaheema McLeod, director at the Saartjie Baartman Centre, about what these scholarships say about human rights in South Africa.