Inside Politics Reporter
In his State of the Nation Address (Sona) in Parliament on Thursday evening President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke about plans to curb the scourge of Gender-Based Violence saying the government together with civil society, has developed the National Strategic Plan on Gender-based Violence, together with civil society, as a society wide response to this pandemic.
Ramaphosa said around R21 billion was dedicated over the medium term to the implementation of the six pillars of the plan, including the economic empowerment of women.
New laws were introduced to strengthen the response of the criminal justice system to gender-based violence and provide better support to survivors of such violence, he said.
“Our ultimate goal is to end gender-based violence altogether by mobilising all of society. As part of this, we support the call for a pledge that men in South Africa are invited to take to demonstrate their personal commitment
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