New activist group speaks out against gender-based violence - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

As Women’s Month wraps up new activist groups have sprung into action to speak out againstIn the north of Johannesburg, the SA Women Fight Back movement held a silent protest for those lost to femicide.

Three women die at the hands of their intimate partners daily. That is a shocking statistic that has sparked these women into action.Taariya Reddy an activist says: “Since the movement began at the beginning of August – we have heard of deaths every other day of woman and children so we wanted to create awareness.”

Mandy Pienaar of SA Women Fight Back says: “We decided to hold a vigil for the thousands of women who have been raped, murdered and abused. We are their voice because they have been silenced permanently.”

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