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Presenter Tessa van Staden chats to advocate Bronwyn Pithey from the Women's Legal Centre.

defenceWeb Written by SANews - 4 The National Assembly has passed gender-based violence (GBV) bills that will change the landscape in terms of how government departments, law enforcement and the courts deal with cases of violence against women and the vulnerable. The three bills – namely the Criminal and Related Matters Amendment Bill, Domestic Violence Amendment Bill and the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill – were passed during a sitting on Thursday. The bills were introduced in Parliament following a Presidential Summit against Gender-Base...

The National Assembly passed three key gender-based violence (GBV) bills to make existing laws and policies more victim-centred.

Where in other jurisdictions, the #MeToo Movement forced many captains of industry to account for their positions as perpetrators of sexual violence, the movement cannot be said to have had the same effect in South Africa, a country gripped by widespread gender based violence. ( Photo: Goethe Institute/ Supplied) The erasure of women’s stories is a symptom of widespread industry misogyny and misogynoir and it produces an incomplete history and cultural heritage. Recently, South Africa has grappled with how to deal with those who have been named as perpetrators but have n...