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Private sector can help curb gender-based violence and femicide
By Opinion
Irene Charnley
There is the adage that people should leave personal issues at home. After all, it is nobody’s business. The truth is gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) is a scourge that needs resources and must be collectively addressed everywhere and all the time.
GBVF is not a respecter of status, class, race, age, culture or creed. Unfortunately, none of the characteristics, individually or collectively, are a panacea from gender-based violence at home, at work or anywhere.
Regrettably, there is no one-size-fits-all strategy to eliminate GBVF. Effective strategic plans might share several features, but they must be tailored to the needs, resources and circumstances of victims.
Vodacom Pledges R10 Million to the Gender-Based Violence & Femicide (GBVF) Response Fund 1
Feb 10, 2021
Vodacom has pledged R10 million to fund a private sector-led, multi-sectoral Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Response Fund 1 to support the implementation of the National Strategic Plan (NSP), and the wider GBVF response in the country.
The GBVF Response Fund 1 is pioneered by the International Women’s Forum South Africa (IWFSA) and the Presidency in collaboration with several strategic partners.
It is the brainchild of a resolution of the Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Declaration, which followed the 2018 GBVF Summit and is aimed at finding sustainable solutions to ending the scourge of GBV in South Africa.
Feb 8, 2021
Vodacom has pledged R10-million to fund a private sector-led, multi-sectoral Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Response Fund 1 to support the implementation of the National Strategic Plan (NSP), and the wider GBVF response in the country.
Pioneered by the International Women’s Forum South Africa (IWFSA) and the Presidency in collaboration with several strategic partners, the GBVF Response Fund 1 is the brainchild of a resolution of the Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Declaration, which followed the 2018 GBVF Summit and is aimed at finding sustainable solutions to ending the scourge of GBV in South Africa.
Takalani Netshitenzhe, external affairs director of Vodacom South Africa, says: “We are delighted about the launch of the GBVF Response Fund 1 as it is going to help the private sector collaborate closely with the public sector to end the scourge of Gender-Based Violence in South Africa. As pioneers in the use of technology in the fight against GBV, at
President Cyril Ramaphosa recently launched a private sector-led, multi-sectoral Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Response Fund is intended to expand on the government s work in fighting GBVF in the country. File Picture: Motshwari Mofokeng/African News Agency (ANA)
âWe should all hang our heads in shame that we have to launch a fund for GBVâ
By Lesego Makgatho
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Johannesburg - President Cyril Ramaphosa this week launched a private sector-led, multi-sectoral Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Response Fund 1 aimed at supporting the implementation of the National Strategic Plan (NSP) and the wider GBVF response in the country.
Ramaphosa said the launch was to fulfil a promise made to women and children in the country â to end the violence against them.