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President Cyril Ramaphosa is concerned about the increase in gender violence (GBV) during the national closure.
Ramaphosa said incidents of gender-based violence continue to haunt the country as men declare war on women in South Africa.
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“We have developed an emergency route for survivors to ensure that victims of gender-based violence receive assistance. One of the interventions we have carried out is to ensure that the closing regulations are structured so that a woman can leave her home to report abuse without fear of intimidation or further violence, “Ramaphosa said.
He was on his way to the nation on Wednesday night.
On Sunday Precious Robinson, president of SACSoWACH, a coalition of 33 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), said the national government’s gender-based violence and feminicide command center, which operates a free 24-hour emergency call center Hours, 7 days a week, recorded that more than 120,000 victims called the National Helpline for Abused Women and Children in the first three weeks after the start of the shutdown, double the usual volume of calls.
Robinson said the concern was with the attitude towards gender-based violence: that it is an inevitable conclusion of South African culture and that it is not considered serious.
She believed that it should be a central consideration for police resource allocation and responses and social development.
“At SACSoWACH, we believe that a key area of focus is to ensure that lockdown regulations are structured so that a woman can seek help, leave her home to report abuse without fear of a fine, intimidation and more violence.
“We are also working to ensure that accessibility to services such as Thuthuzela care centers, hospitals and clinics is not compromised, and that all services are safe for Covid-19.”
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