Genderbasedviolence Stories

28 Stories

HER WET PILLOW by TheGirlofThePen
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HER WET PILLOWby Abidah Muhyideen
Life is full of ups and downs... Some people are meant to be in your life to love you, some to hate you, some to admire you, some to detest you, some to adore you, some...
Break Free by GhidaKobeissi
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Break Freeby Ghida Kobeissi
A poem to empower women to speak up against physical, psychological , and sexual violence.
Tears of Africa by Kearabetswe_Koloko
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Tears of Africaby Kearabetswe_Koloko
This is a narrative about a young woman called Khethiwe Ndlovu, from a small village in South Africa. One night, a man tries to rape her but is saved by a man in gleamin...
Standing Tall by PeachyPyeYT
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Standing Tallby Peachy Pye
If you wear them, you'll understand. Also a good metaphor for domestic violence. Thanks to Andisheh A for the use of the image from Unsplash linked below: https://unspla...
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BORN PERFECT by LeteipatheKing
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BORN PERFECTby Leteipa the King
#bornperfect Like I stated on my previous status, I had such a bad experience last evening consernig a lady friend of mine, She claimed her boy friend beat her for nor r...
The Secret World Of My Poetry  by Cebo_lenkhosi1
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The Secret World Of My Poetry by Cebolenkhosii
This is not a book but a collection of poems I write everytime I feel something. My poetry is free style so it does not have a rhythm yet carries a lot of emotion. Every...
A Cry For The Little Boy Who Didnt Have A Voice. by K_Molapo
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A Cry For The Little Boy Who Didnt...by K_Molapo
This, based on the recent GBV(Gender Based Violence), is aimed at the boys who didn't have a voice. The boys who couldn't say anything because they were told that it's o...
Redeemer by Mpompoloza
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Redeemerby Mpompoloza
In a country filled with sorrow. Highest rape rates. Femicide. Can love be found. Siviwe is a high school student. Goes to an all girls private school. Brent is a high s...
iAm a mistake by cofeefaddict
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iAm a mistakeby Kimmie Chan
The past, the present and the future are all connected. They depend on each other but they don't define one another. Join Yuri in her journey of the present as she batt...
now that youʼre underground by XxanemonaxX
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now that youʼre undergroundby nuguanda
A little piece of my chaotic mind. They are free verse short poems that talk about what I'm passionate about: the feminism and the gender-based violence. Feel free to le...
THE TRUTH IS, I AM SCARED.  by vuyomichaela
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THE TRUTH IS, I AM SCARED. by vuyomichaela
'Globally an estimated 736 million women- almost one in three- have been subjected to physical and or sexual intimate partner violence, non-partner sexual violence, or b...
THE PULSE by ArigatouWithLitty
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THE PULSEby Zintombi Nxumalo
A young nurse writes diary entries about how she finds herself in love with a man that isn't all as rosey as he seems. Politics, Healthcare and Corruption are the issue...
The Double Life by cruzzy353
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The Double Lifeby cruzzy353
a woman abused by her psychopathic husband tries to fit in with people using fake smiles and laughter but one night being a close call to the doors of death led to an u...
Scars of Agra by TGHP123
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Scars of Agraby
A collection of short stories, poems, and vignettes about the gender-based violence crime, acid attacks.
RISE by Rosie_Skai
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RISEby Rosie_Skai
"nobody was meant to be free, in a world of lies" Adrian Dawson is an eighteen year old girl with a psychopathic father and a mother she hasn't seen in twelve...
Third time's the charm by yadeerah
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Third time's the charmby Uju Okafor
A young Nigerian woman narrates her experience with gender-based violence and how she was murdered by her husband
sim's poetry. by yonwabamssonandzi
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sim's poetry.by Yonwaba
Statics show that Every 3 hours a woman is killed in South Africa. Approximately 137 woman die everyday at the hands of their partners. Is this the society we want our c...