Fighting Violence Against Women in South Africa

The government has been called on to increase funding and leverage research to curb 'alarming' rates of gender-based violence as the country participates in the Sixteen Days of No Violence Against Women and Children campaign.

File photo: The Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign that runs annually from 25 November to 10 December is this year running under the banner "from peace in the home to peace in the world: Let's challenge militarism and end violence against women."

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