Development Diaries

is trending, but while men give confident advice online, real women’s safety remains a crisis in South Africa.

What if every GBV case, shelter, and police response were tracked, transparent, and enforced?

Click to see what South Africans should actually demand beyond hashtags.

South Africa: The '#AskAMan' Trend and Where Safety Systems Fail Women The hashtag is the latest reminder that when men dominate conversations about women’s lives in South Africa, the real issues are often reduced to casual opinions and loud confidence.

The return of all 183 abducted residents of Kurmin Wali in Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria, is a relief, but celebrating it as ‘good news’ dangerously distracts from the real story of a security system so broken that entire communities can be taken and returned like borrowed property.

This report details how Nigerians can take immediate, practical steps to turn the Kurmin Wali abduction into a moment for accountability and lasting protection.

Kurmin Wali Abductions: Relief for Families, Zero Accountability for Broken System The return of all 183 abducted residents of Kurmin Wali in Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria, is a relief, but celebrating it as 'good news' dangerously distracts from the real story of a security system so broken that entire communities can be taken and returned like borrowed property.