Learners march against women abuse and bullying
The awareness campaign was against Bullying at public schools and gender base violence in the community.
Hundreds of learners and parents from Mamelodi held an awareness campaign called #Iamavictim, on Saturday.
The campaign was held against bullying at public schools and gender-based violence (GBV) in the community.
The residents gathered at HM Pitje stadium and marched to Maseko shopping complex, handing out pamphlets against bullying and GBV waving placards.
Grade 12 J Kekana secondary school learner, Mvelo Ntuli said the march was about raising awareness.
#Iamavictim awareness campaign aims to bring awareness to the community to start standing together and fight against these issues.
The campaign was attended by the police, CPF and three schools in Mamelodi.
“Bullying is aggressive behaviour that is intentional and involves an imbalance of power or strength. It is a repeated behaviour and can be physical, verbal, or relational,” said Ntuli.
He said bullying is still happening at public schools and will do so until learners decided to do something about it.
The pamphlets encouraged the learners around Mamelodi to break the silence against bullying.
He added that GBV was also a serious issue in and around Mamelodi.
Ntuli said bullying has been part of schools and even workplaces for years. More recently though, technology and social media have created a new platform for bullying that has unfortunately help it expand its reach.
“Working together we can surely turn Mamelodi into a safe haven for women and children.”
There are different kinds of abuse and the public should know about them.
“There is physical, emotional and economic abuse. Elderly people get abused too,” said Ntuli.
Anyone can become a victim and domestic violence does not only affect women and children. Even men are victims sometimes.
He added that their main goal was to help the community to understand what abuse was “because it happens in many ways”.
“Knowing what abuse is can help to fight and stop it within our community and that can be achieved through a good relationship between the community and the police,” she said.
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