Statistics show approximately 51,1% (30,5 million) of the South African population is female. A distressing fact is that a report by Statistics SA shows one in five (21%) of these women has experienced abuse at the hands of a partner.
Victims of gender-based Violence (GBV) and domestic violence often do not report their suffering, either because they do not know where to turn to for help or because they fear that “nothing will come of the case”.