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National Council gives impetus to South Africa’s fight against GBVF

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National Council gives impetus to South Africa’s fight against GBVF Government has reaffirmed its commitment to ending Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) through the operationalisation of the National Council on GBVF, which will provide a permanent, statutory and multisectoral mechanism to coordinate, monitor and strengthen the country’s response to the scourge. Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Sindisiwe Chikunga said the inaugural meeting of the National Council on Monday, marked a defining moment in South Africa’s ongoing fight against GBVF and demonstrated government’s determination to translate constitutional rights into lived realities for women and girls. Addressing the media on progress made in operationalising the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF Council), Chikunga said the Council’s establishment is more than the creation of another public institution. “This is not simply the establishment of another p

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