The Covid-19 pandemic has made women more vulnerable to violence, but also shown their resilience on the frontlines
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On International Women’s day, Limpopo MEC for Social Development Nkakareng Rakgoale lamented how vulnerable the pandemic has made women. She also commended the women who have been at the forefront of the crisis.
As it has with many other socio-economic conditions, the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated gender-based violence, making women even more vulnerable.
“Women face a higher risk of GBV in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak,” said Limpopo MEC for Social Development Nkakareng Rakgoale. “The scourge of GBV is dubbed a second pandemic to the coronavirus and the vulnerable people of our society are victims of the violence.”
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