Global Action for Freedom Summit tackles the violation of human rights
WOODMEAD – "One of our challenges is that our justice system is failing the victims who have experienced these social issues," says Davis.
Hope to Heal Foundation hosted a panel of guest speakers on September 29, who addressed serious social issues that affect South Africa and Africa as a whole.
Seema Naidoo, director and founder of the foundation which aims to eradicate every form of abuse and violence towards women and children in South Africa, played host at the Global Action for Freedom Summit in Woodmead. The guest speakers discussed solutions for various human rights violations such as human trafficking, gender-based violence, sexual grooming and modern day slavery.
The panel included the global ambassador of the foundation, Patricia Vermeulen and Martin Pelders, founder of MatrixMen which is an organisation aimed at helping male victims of sexual abuse.
Speaker Corné Davis, associate professor in the Department of Strategic Communication at the University of Johannesburg, discussed some of the challenges that South African society faced.
“Our problem is when we are dealing with these social issues of exploitation such as modern slavery and gender-based violence particularly, is that it still remains invisible in our society. That has always been our key challenge because we all know that most of these offensives are never reported and when they do get reported little effect is given. One of our challenges is that our justice system is failing the victims who have experienced these social issues,” said Davis.
Many of the other issues were discussed which left many questioning the country’s justice system and society.
