Criteria & Guide for Selection of NCGBVF
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CONCEPT PAPER
CONCEPT PAPER IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND FEMICIDE INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND South African continues to experience high prevalence of gender-based violence and the government of South Africa is committed to ending this scourge. Citizens, especially women, came in large numbers in various parts of the country to voice their concerns …
ERAP & NSP Handover
On the 30th April 2020, the ISC-GBVF met with President Cyril Ramaphosa virtually to officially handover the ERAP report and the NSP. The ERAP report presents a cumulative analysis and report of the actioned promises towards the eradication of GBV that was ran over a 6 month period. Various partner government departments and CSO’s submitted …
Plans to protect women and children
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced an emergency plan to deal with the violence against women and children in the country. Addressing a Joint Sitting of the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces recently, the President said the plan strengthens existing measures and introduces new interventions in five principal areas. These areas include; How to …
National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide, with Minister (postponed)
19 November 2019 | Chairperson: Ms C Ndaba (ANC) Meeting Summary The joint meeting involving various concerned Portfolio and Select Committees from the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), met with the interim steering committee on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) to discuss the progress made with the development of a draft …
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With R1.1bn budget, gender violence interim committee eyes 6 key areas
2019-10-24 | Kamva Somdyala Following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of a R1.1bn additional budget allocation to fight gender-based violence, the steering committee has identified its key focus areas. As persistent calls for tougher action against gender-based violence continued to mount, Ramaphosa called an extraordinary sitting of both houses of Parliament – the National Assembly and the National …
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President Cyril Ramaphosa: Joint sitting of Parliament on gender-based violence
Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Joint Sitting of Parliament on the crisis of violence in South Africa, National Assembly, Cape Town Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Thandi Modise,Chairperson of the NCOP, Mr Amos Masondo,Honourable Members, I have called this special joint sitting of the houses of Parliament because there is a dark …
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Gender based Violence – The Gender Summit And Political Imperatives
1-2 November saw the hosting by national government and The Total Shutdown movement of the national gender summit. Protests organised by The Total Shutdown movement on 1 August, flowed into the launching of a campaign aimed at addressing the scourge of gender based violence in South Africa. This initiative, through its spokespersons identified “prevention, laws …
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Ramaphosa launches Sexual Offences Court: ‘Women and children don’t feel safe on SA’s streets’
2019-03-28 | Canny Maphanga South Africa’s 84th Sexual Offences Court was launched on Thursday when President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the declaration against gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) which aims to put an end to the growing scourge. “It is indeed my honour and privilege to be here during Human Rights Month to fulfil the promise …