The precious jewel that lies beneath my thighs Men What is wrong with you? Have you no shame? Taking what is not yours. Have you no heart? Treating me like your punching bag Why? All because of this precious jewel that lie between my thighs. Do you feel happy every time you disempower me? Does seeing bodily harm on my body satisfy you? Has your non-consensual sexual penetration in my helpless body quenched your thirst? Why is no one helping me? SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS The screams The blood The tears The bruises The humiliation When will it end? Is this my fate? Is this how it’s going to be? Is this how my life will pan out? Will I ever be free? Will I forever be your slave? Why is this all happening to me? All because of the precious jewel that lies beneath my thighs. - Mihlali Khumalo

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The Mbokodo Club (The 'Rock' Club) project focuses on offering female empowerment workshops, mental health care support and self-defense programs to girl survivors of gender-based violence and rape, in the murder capital of South Africa, a community called Nyanga. For more information on this project or how to get involved, please head to justicedesk.org

A Message to Men from South African Women - The Justice Desk Find out more: Twitter: @TheJusticeDesk Instagram: @TheJusticeDesk Facebook: @TheJusticeDesk Email: info@justicedesk.org Website: www.justicedesk.org Written & performed by: Women of The Justice Desk! Video by: Dan Tucker Video Script Let me tell you something about women. To illustrate this, I am going to take a spin on an old saying. Anything men can do, women can do whilst carrying the weight of the patriarchal values that undermine her very existence Consider this: You cage us, we break through You break us, we mend You spit on our very existence We rise You degrade us, disrespect us And still we disarm You censor us, objectify us And shame us for your thoughts You label and rate each part of our bodies You brand our tears as too emotional And our frowns as too aggressive You expect us to smile and sit pretty Whist you take and take and take You clip our wings and we invent a new way to fly You try to own us But we remain ours to keep. We have to watch: What we wear, how we wear it, how we carry ourselves, what we say, how we say it, who we say it to, if we are too aggressive, too loud, too soft, too prudish, too sexual, too threatening, too approachable, unapproachable, are we safe? Will we be safe if…? Women are strong. But we shouldn’t have to be. Women are survivors. But we shouldn’t have to be. Women do not get to simply be in a space. Women have to resist, adapt and survive every day, in every context. Resilience runs through the veins of a women. But it is enough now. I am tired of Women and girl children having to adapt and be resilient to fit your will. It’s time society, it’s time men; wake up and begin to challenge the root causes of gender inequality and injustice. It’s time for Women and the girl child to feel safe, to feel free, to flourish. Join The Justice Desk to stop gender-based violence. Visit www.justicedesk.org to find out how you can help. | The Justice Desk A Human Rights NPO

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TRIGGER WARNING: GBV Campaign Are you a Colleague or a Perpetrator? Men, Your Actions Define You. Sign the petition available at justicedesk.org to pledge against Gender-Based Violence, specifically Violence Against Women. Art Direction: StudioMoo @studiomoo_uk Production: Just Us Productions @juproduction Lighting: Flash Photo Rental @flashrental Model Agencies: D&A Model Agency @damodelmanagement Apartment: Emmanuel @manuel_leeee Photographer: Warren Baynes @warren_baynes Hair and Make up - Apartment and Taxi: Jacqueline Viljoen @jacqui_viljoen_mua Hair and Make up - Suburban Home and Studio: Sarah Whiteside @makeupbysarahct Assistant Director: Kevin Row @kevinkrow Lighting assistant: Chantelle Dosser @chantelledosser Digital assistant: Zac Marx @whoiszmm | The Justice Desk #YourActionsDefineYou #MenAgainstGBV #endGBV #southafrica #everydayactivist #femicide #humanrights #thejusticedesk #WomensMonth#womensday #video #speakup #speakout #itsnotyourfault #domesticviolenceawareness #womxn #womensmonth #awareness #campaign #menspeakup #support

TRIGGER WARNING: GBV Campaign Are you a Stranger or a Rapist? Men, Your Actions Define You. Sign the petition available at justicedesk.org to pledge against Gender-Based Violence, specifically Violence Against Women. Art Direction: @studiomoo_uk Production: @juproduction Lighting : @flashrental Model Agencies: @damodelmanagement Model: @lgmdme_ & @myfriendned Photographer and Director: @warren_baynes MUA: @jacqui_viljoen_mua Assistant Director: @kevincrow Lighting Assistant: @chantelledosser #YourActionsDefineYou #MenAgainstGBV #endGBV #southafrica #everydayactivist #femicide #humanrights #thejusticedesk #WomensMonth #womensday #video #womensday #video #speakup #speakout #itsnotyourfault #domesticviolenceawareness #womxn #womensmonth #awareness #campaign #menspeakup #support

Due to the the prevalence of Gender-Based Violence crimes in South Africa, we have become desensitised to news of the violence against our women. We must remember, at the core, THESE ARE NOT STATISTICS, THEY ARE WOMEN. Contact Us: Twitter: @TheJusticeDesk Instagram: @TheJusticeDesk Facebook: @TheJusticeDesk Email: info@justicedesk.org Website: www.justicedesk.org Video Editing: Brendan Pieterse �Instagram - @brendanshow� Facebook - Brendan Pieterse Media �LinkedIn - Brendan Pieterse #wearenotstatistics #wearewomen #notoGBV #femicide #thejusticedesk #humanrights #womensrightsarehumanrights