South Africa: Multi-pronged approach needed to reduce GBV in SA


Date: November 26, 2012
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Patriarchal norms and attitudes including those that excuse or legitimate the use of violence are driving the alarming rates of gender based violence (GBV) in South Africa. This is one of the topline findings of the GBV indicators research carried out in Gauteng, Limpopo, KwaZulu Natal and Western Cape provinces of South Africa (SA) by Gender Links (GL) between 2010 and 2012. The research measures the extent, effects, response and prevention of violence against women perpetrated by men.

As the 2012 Sixteen Days Campaign kicks off, GL urges the Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities (DWCPD) to launch and allocate a substantive budget for the proposed National GBV Council. GL further urges the government to cascade the research to the remaining five provinces of South Africa, to establish a national baseline against which to measure progress towards the attainment of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) target of halving GBV by 2015. Click here to read more.


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