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Gender-based violence in South Africa: a multivariate analysis
(University of the Western Cape, 2024) Magagula, Phindile
In South Africa, gender-based violence is considered the “second” pandemic after Covid-19 because of the high number of reports on offenses such as rape, which has placed South Africa in the list of top 10 countries with the highest rape rates. The South African government has tried to prevent the prevalence of gender-based violence in the country through constitutions and laws such as the Domestic Violence Act. South African organizations such as People Opposing Women Abuse have also assisted by supporting gender-based violence victims. However, there seems to be a lack of methods of combatting gender-based violence. As a result, the country still has many reported cases of gender- based violence, especially since the Covid-19 outbreak. This paper investigated gender-based violence in the South African context and how it affects women of different racial groups in their educational attainment. This study used the Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey 2020/2021 and other supporting documents from Google Scholar. The GPSJS 2020/2021 was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). A chi-square test was used to measure the association between GBV, racial group and educational attainment while a binary logistic regression model was used to identify key risk factors.