from AVAAZ.org... "South Africa, often called the Rainbow Nation, is revered globally for its post-apartheid efforts to protect against discrimination. It was the first country to constitutionally protect citizens from discrimination based on sexuality. But in Cape Town alone, the local organization Luleki Sizwe has recorded more than one 'corrective rape' per day, and impunity reigns.
'Corrective rape' is based on the outrageous and utterly false notion that a lesbian woman can be raped to 'make her straight', but this heinous act is not even classified as a hate crime in South Africa. The victims are often black, poor, lesbian women, and profoundly marginalised. But even the 2008 gang rape and murder of Eudy Simelane, the national hero and former star of the South Africa women's national football team, did not turn the tide. And just last week Minister Radebe insisted that motive is irrelevant in crimes like 'corrective rape.'... excerpt from AVAAZ
SOURCES:
Blog of Luleki Sizwe, South African organization leading the call to their government to stop 'corrective rape', and provides support to victims
http://lulekisizwe.wordpress.
Minister of Justice Radebe’s nationally televised interview (South African Broadcasting Corporation)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Protest against ‘corrective rape’ (The Sowetan)
http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/
Petition launched on Change.org by activists from Luleki Sizwe
http://humanrights.change.org/
"South Africa's shame: the rise of child rape" (The Independent)
http://www.independent.co.uk/
"Exploring homophobic victimisation in Gauteng, South Africa: issues, impacts, and responses" (Centre for Applied Psychology, University of South Africa)
http://www.avaaz.org/out_ucap_
"We have a major problem in South Africa" (The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
"South Africa: Rape Facts" (Channel 4)
http://www.channel4.com/
"Understanding men’s health and use of violence: interface of rape and HIV in South Africa" (Medical Research Council)
http://gender.care2share.
"Preventing Rape and Violence in South Africa" (Medical Research Council)
http://www.mrc.ac.za/gender/
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