Is it even possible to legislate humanity? The more I read regarding the state of world affairs and the lack of response from governments, especially our own, it is becoming clearer to me that our solution for the scourge of Gender Based Violence is not going to lie in legislation. Effective legislation and the implementation thereof, is costly and time …
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I was asked recently what I thought the reasons were for the high rate of Gender-Based Violence and femicide in South Africa. The short answer is that it is impossible to pinpoint one reason only. And exactly because the reasons are multiple, the solutions have to be multi-faceted too. If we consider only the fact that nearly 60% of women in …