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Businesses Must Step Up in the Fight Against Gender-Based Violence and Femicide

NEWS | Businesses Urged to Step Up in the Fight Against Gender-Based Violence and Femicide

28 November 2024: The National Shelter Movement of South Africa (NSMSA) is calling on the private sector to take greater responsibility in addressing the country’s escalating crisis of gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF). As the nation marks 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children, the NSMSA emphasises that the epidemic of violence against women not only...

Too many gaps in SA's GBVF response

NEWS | NSMSA: Exposing Gaps in SA’s Response to GBV and Femicide – Unsolved Crimes, Underfunded Shelters

27 November 2024: “As South Africa marks the global 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children, those of us working in shelters are regularly confronted by harrowing stories of survivors who have endured violence at the hands of intimate partners,” says the National Shelter Movement of South Africa (NSMSA). “In a country where three women are...