Sign the End the Violence Petition

South Africa is in the grip of an epidemic of violence against women and children. Let’s join together and do something about it. Sign the campaign petition: End the Violence: Commit to a National Plan on Gender-Based Violence.

The campaign calls on government to commit to a National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence (GBV). This plan must focus on better service delivery for victims of violence, address the critical primary prevention aspect of GBV and the roll-out of prevention programmes that should address harmful gender norms and masculinity and equitable relationships amongst men and women alike. It should provide a coordinated response by government, civil society and the private sector and how to hold each of the stakeholders accountable.

A National Strategic Plan has helped to address HIV and AIDS in South Africa – we can do the same for violence against women.

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After you’ve signed the petition please also take a moment to share it with others. It will only take 5 minutes and the more signatures it gets, the greater impact it will have.