says the government’s inability to deal with gender-based violence and femicide in the country places the lives of women, children, LGBTQIA plus community, and people living with disabilities under threat.
More than 300 people, young and old, including government officials, united in the fight against Gender-based Violence and Femicide. “We were very unhappy and disappointed to hear this year that one of the perpetrators of GBV are SAPS members, people who work in the police force who are supposed to protect the public and help in ensuring that we are ending the scourge of GBV,” she says.
“Majority of perpetrators are men and most of them are exposed to Gender-Based Violence at a young age. Statistics in South Africa also show that boys are also victims of GBV. There is a lot of work that needs to be done. I discovered that if a young man is not in sports, he is inherently going to court at times. The abuse of alcohol and drugs is creeping in and these are professionals waited on by the society and I think the involvement of leaders is important.