Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities forging ahead with the national council on gender based violence and femicide
The second Presidential Summit on Gender Based Violence and Femicide starts today in Midrand. The summit was in response to the 24 demands submitted by the #TheTotalShutdown Intersectional Women's Movement to President Cyril Ramaphosa following 27 nationwide marches on 1 August 2018. The movement protested against the country's pervasive scourge of gender-based violence and femicide and offered the 24 demands as a solution. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Advocate Joyce Maluleke, Director General of the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities and Minister of Justice and Correctional…
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