South Africa finalising bill on establishment of National Council on Gender-Based Violence

Government is in a process of finalising a Bill on the establishment of the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF). Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, said the council will seek to use institutional and legislative tools to ensure effective implementation and monitoring of the National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (NSP on GBVF). The NSP on GBVF was launched in 2020 to develop coordinated interventions to fully eradicate the scourge of gender-based violence and femicide. Speaking at a …

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