Christine Botha | 12 September 2019 Gender-based violence and the President’s promises: Is the state really saying enough is enough? 12 September 2019 Following the recent harrowing reports of the violent murder and rape of women that sent new shock waves through the country, tens of thousands marched to Parliament on 5 September to demand action […]
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2 Nov 2018 Declaration of the Presidential Summit Against Gender Based Violence and Femicide PREAMBLE We, the one thousand two hundred delegates of the South African Presidential National Summit Against Gender based Violence (GBV), who are survivors, the government of South Africa and South African society more broadly come from all walks of life, young
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31 October 2018 Government and civil society will host the National Gender-based Violence and Femicide Summit from Thursday, 1 to Friday, 2 November 2018 at Saint George’s Hotel and Conference Centre in Centurion. Members of the media are invited to cover the event as follows: MEDIA PROGRAMME NATIONAL SUMMIT ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND FEMICIDE Time
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12th September 2019 | Thabo Molelekwa As South Africans grapple with the latest crime statistics that were released in Parliament on Thursday, women and gender non-conforming people make their way to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in protest against the ongoing deaths and acts of violence against women, non-binary people and children across the country. Police
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Staff Reporter 2 Aug 2018 To His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa On 1st of August 2018, womxn (both cisgender and transgender womxn) and gender non-conforming people (GNC) will deliver this memorandum to the government of South Africa. We, the women of this country are aware that gender based violence against women, non-conforming women and intersectional
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Wednesday, August 1, 2018 The Pretoria leg of the #TotalShutdown march brought the capital city to a standstill as marchers thronged the streets chanting “No means No!” in a bid to bring an end to gender based violence. “We are making history with this march. Today we stand on the shoulders of the women who
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29 September 2018, 5:35 PM | Nadine Speelman | A woman shows the wound of a bystander who was injured during the Westbury shutdown. Leaders of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa have declared their support for the Total Shutdown Movement in Cape Town and the Westbury community in Johannesburg. The Total Shutdown Movement grabbed national attention when various communities took to the streets
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