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Since 2020, Police Minister Bheki Cele has paraded the establishment of gender-based violence (GBV) desks at every police station as an important lever in the police's fight against GBV and femicide but closer scrutiny of public announcements and briefings to Parliament show the police are falling short on their promises, writes the Womxn and Democracy Initiative's Lenina Rassool.
During these 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence and beyond, let us all acknowledge that equality and shared prosperity is at the heart of national progression, writes International Women's Forum of South Africa president Irene Charnley.
Numbers do matter when it comes to gender parity at local government level, and the results from the recent municipal election are cause for concern, writes Lenina Rassool.