Giving Compass' Take:

• Thato Mahlangu reports that each year since its start in 2011 Slutwalk has grown in South Africa and spread to other countries to protest victim blaming and end rape culture.

• How can funders help to amplify the voices of marginalized women? 

• Learn how to support anti-sexual violence organizations. 

South Africa has one of the highest incidences of rape in the world — with police recording over 40,000 rapes in the year 2017-8, according to Africa Check.

And according to Rape Crisis, the belief that women are calling for men’s attention by the clothes they choose to wear — “victim blaming” — is one of the main drivers of “rape culture” in South Africa.

Slutwalk first debuted in South Africa in 2011, supporting the movement that started in Canada in the same year — after a police officer told university students women could avoid being raped if they stopped dressing like “sluts.”

Over the past three years, according to Pillay-Siokos, the number of people supporting the march has doubled every year.

As well as protesting victim-blaming, an important element of the march is giving survivors of rape and sexual assault the opportunity to speak about how they overcame their ordeals.

Read the full article about Slutwalk by Thato Mahlangu at Global Citizen.