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Youth voices must be included in strategies to stop GBVF Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the '&' symbol, click Advanced Search and use the 'search headings' and/or 'in first paragraph' options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by It is critically important that the voices of young people are heard in decision-making and policy structures when it comes to dealing effectively with gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) in our society, as they are the future leaders of South Africa and can help shape a more inclusive, safer nation.
Today, I am honoured to be standing in front of you as we launch the 2021 Youth month-long programme. The month of June is dedicated to the youth of 1976, who bravely stood up against the injustices of the Apartheid government.
Harnessing youth leadership to address gender-based violence Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the '&' symbol, click Advanced Search and use the 'search headings' and/or 'in first paragraph' options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by ACTIVATE! Change Drivers, an NGO with a youth network 4 500-strong, recently hosted an Imbizo in the Free State with various stakeholders, including Government, focusing on ‘Youth Leadership and Accountability in Gender Based Violence Response’. The Imbizo aimed to ensure the youth have a voice in decision-making and creating policy in gender-based violence and femicide response; and builds up youth leaders at local level to give input into addressing official response to GBV.
Hlengiwe Mkhize is jubilant about the launch of a fund to assist in the fight against GBVF. The fund has been put together by the private sector, under the leadership of President Cyril Ramaphosa. In addition to Ramaphosa, the fund is also working jointly with the International Women's Forum of SA. A private-sector led, multi-sectorial fund has been launched, which will assist in fighting gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF), the Ministry of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities said in a statement on Tuesday. "In welcoming the newly launched gender-based violence (GBV) Response Fund, the Deputy Minister in the Presidency for the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Professor Hlengiwe Mkhize, was jubilant over the stance taken by the private sector in joining hands with government to fight GBVF in South Africa," the ministry said.