Research to be conducted on GBV in SA
By Thobeka Ngema
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Durban - Gender-based violence (GBV) is another pandemic destroying South Africa, but a survey by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) aimed to understand GBV in the country.
The HSRC shared its plan with the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology.
The survey, “The South African National Survey on health, life experiences and family relations”, would be used to try to understand why GBV is a huge problem in South Africa.
HSRC group executive Professor Heidi van Rooyen said GBV was all about power, domination and control and sometimes ended with death. Van Rooyen said the true extent of GBV was unknown because available figures were outdated, which was why they were doing the study.