Council departments band together to raise GBV awareness in Clairwood
The community was recently gathered at the Khalid Shah Community Hall for the programme.
THE South Durban Basin Area Based Management (SDB ABM), in partnership with SAPS, eThekwini Municipality’s Community Health Department and LifeLine recently hosted a gender-based violence (GBV) awareness workshop.
SDB ABM’s Irene Chetty said the main aim for the event was to drive the point that GBV is not inevitable, it can be prevented.
“According to the most recent data from 2017/18, a woman is murdered every three hours in South Africa. The statistics of GBV is on an alarming increase. These initiatives are aimed at reducing the number of cases and killings related to GBV,” she said.
Addressing residents, Brighton Beach Saps’ Social Crime Prevention official Constable Samkelisiwe Buthelezi said that some cases are not reported at the station, therefore they are unable to assist.
She said the police appeals to the survivors of GBV to open cases so that they can be protected.
The senior manager at SDB ABM Eurakha Singh said, “As a country, we are not only experiencing the Covid-19 pandemic, but also a pandemic of violence against women, men and children.
“As the government, we need to educate on how to report abuse, prevention and empowerment. We know that women are strong and powerful, and we know that we have what it takes to take control of our lives.”
