Men’s Voice and eMba Police fight GBV
Some woman think law is only on their side and some of them are misusing the law by opening false cases against men.
eMBALENHLE – The Men’s Voice organisation and the eMbalenhle Police launched the 16 Days of Activism Against Women and Child Abuse campaign at the eMbalenhle South Hall on Friday, November 25.
This campaign runs annually from November 25 (International Day Against Violence Against Women) to December 10 (International Human Rights Day).
In 2022, the Campaign is continuing its multi-year theme of Ending Femicide.
Zakhele Masilela, the Men’s Voice organisation treasurer said their organisation wants to promote social and community economic environment reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good.
“Our experience from these campaigns that we have conducted throughout the year, is that people think we are only talking about women and children when we mention gender-based violence.
“As a result, men end up not speaking out or reporting GBV cases when they are being abused.
“We, therefore, are calling all the men to report or speak out when experiencing violence, and we are also calling relevant stakeholders to assist men because they also suffer the same pain,” said Masilela.
The eMbalenhle Community Policing Officer (CPO), Thembi Motaung, said they are encouraging all genders to report gender-based violence.
“Some women think the law is only on their side and some of them are misusing the law by opening false cases against men.
“We are warning them that if we find someone opened a false case, they can be charged with perjury and get sentenced.
“We want to set an example with those, men are also welcome to open cases of abuse as we are aware that they abused,” said Motaung.
