Declaration of GBVF as a National Disaster

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Declaration of GBVF as a National Disaster


RISE Mzansi fully endorses the declaration of Gender-Based Violence & Femicide (GBVF) as a National Disaster. This significant legislative move must ensure that existing safeguards are enforced and strengthened so that every woman and child, and the LBGTQIA+ community are able to live as humans free from fear. Where acts of violence are perpetuated, there must be confidence that the criminal justice system will act accordingly.

GBVF impedes freedom of movement, the ability to study and to earn an income. It even impacts safety within the home, given South Africa’s unacceptable rates of intimate domestic violence. South Africa is in the midst of an epidemic of violence against women and girls, against children, and against LGBTQIA+ people.

RISE Mzansi believes that this crisis requires a holistic approach, beyond just safety, which the National Disaster Declaration must play a role in; with policies on jobs, substance abuse and people’s socio-economic conditions, but the key contributor to this epidemic is that perpetrators act with no fear of consequences. This must stop.

Part of the National Disaster declaration must be about quarterly reporting:

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) must report quarterly on its case load and prosecution rate in relation to GBVF cases
The South Africa Police Service (SAPS) must report on how many dockets and cases relate to GBVF, particularly rape
Stats SA must better highlight the unemployment rate of women.

The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) must be resourced in order to fully advance it mandate of inter alia promoting respect for gender equality and the protection, development and attainment of gender equality by monitoring, investigating, researching, educating, lobbying, advising and reporting on issues concerning gender equality
Parliament must receive a report from the Executive and its agencies on the impact of the National Disaster

Much credit must be given to the women of South Africa, Women for Change and other civil society organisations who have gotten us to this point.

A year from now, we must have made progress, if not the declaration of the National Disaster would have been in name alone. Now more than ever, political will is necessary.

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