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implementation of the National Strategic Plan on GBVF.
The fund will be led by the International Women s Forum South Africa and will be chaired by Wits University Chancellor Judy Dlamini.
One of the fund s partners is
Academy Award-winning actor and philanthropist Forest Whitaker.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured the private sector that the government will continue to play its part as the sector pledged millions of rands in donations to the Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Response Fund.
The fund was virtually launched by the president and various stakeholders on Thursday and was aimed at financing and supporting the implementation of the National Strategic Plan (NSP) on GBVF, and the wider GBVF response in the country.