Question

Reccomend five strategies that south Africans could put to prevent gender based violence

Answer 1

Answer:

• A shift in focus from seeing women (and other groups exposed to gender-

based violence) as victims to seeing them as survivors, actors and agents of

change with a strong focus on women and girls’ empowerment and agency.

• Efforts to increase women’s political participation and influence in contexts

of peace, conflicts and other humanitarian crisis. Women have rights to

participate on equal terms with men in political bodies at all levels of the

society, including in peace processes. In many countries women’s political

representation is very low, and women are often excluded from formal peace

negotiations. This has evastating consequences for the possibility to reach

a sustainable development, peace and human security.58

• Efforts to increase women’s economic empowerment that enhance women’s

bargaining power and ability to leave abusive relationships. This includes

strengthening women’s entrepreneurship and employment opportunities,

improving women’s access to land and property rights, promoting equal

sharing of unpaid care work between women and men and encouraging

universal access to quality education. While such efforts can contribute to

increased violence against women in the short term due to gender ideals

linking masculinity to the provider role, increasing women’s economic

empowerment is still crucial for longer term prevention of GBV. Women’s

economic empowerment interventions which also address gender norms

and reach couples and communities can reduce such risks.

• Efforts to increase sexual and reproductive health and rights are crucial for

preventing GBV given the close relationship between the two. Such efforts

include promotion and protection of women’s right to have control and

decide freely over matters related to their sexuality, including sexual and

reproductive health, family-planning possibilities and HIV/Aids prevention.

Answer 2

,Cape Town: South Africa has launched a campaign '16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence' amid rising violence against women and children. Women's Minister in the President's Office, Susan Shabangu, was present as a representative of President Jacob Zuma at the launch of the campaign in the city of Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province on Saturday. During this, he appealed to the people to stop gender based violence. He said violence cannot be accepted in the government.

Government worried about violence

Shabangu said that violence against women and children is increasing every day in South Africa, "we cannot allow ourselves to be defeated by this calamity." For this the government is now considering taking strong measures. is. Shabangu said that we have to think to stop the increasing crimes against women and children and there is a need to curb it with immediate effect.

increased incidents in schools

He said that the worst and shocking incidents of this year have happened in schools which are considered as safe places for children. But most of these incidents have happened there. This is a matter of concern. South Africa is one of the countries with the highest rates of violence against women and children. According to South African Medical Research, every eight hours in South Africa, a woman is murdered by someone close to her.

people came forward to stop the violence

The government of South Africa has declared the first priority of the police to unite and prevent violence against women and children. Shabangu said that South Africa has once again established special sexual offenses courts for speedy disposal of such cases in order to curb the increasing violence against women and children.