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Alex NPO seeks partnerships to enhance work on unrelenting gender-based violence
Posted by Janice Scheckter on 04 December 2019 5:05 PM SAST
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Alex NPO Agisanang Domestic Abuse Prevention and Training (Adapt) seeks partnerships to enhance its work on unrelenting gender-based violence.
The multisectoral partnerships are for a proactive programme to mitigate against the abuse on women, girls and children by men, including those who expect to be loved, cared for and protected by them. According to their strategic document, Strengthening Local Governance to Improve Gender-Based Violence Response, the abuse is a global problem as African women experience some of the worst forms of physical and intimate sexual partner violence. “Forty-five per cent of them experience the abuse in their lifetime compared to 35 per cent globally and, the country has the highest scale on rape globally.”
“This has prompted many marches of anger and outrage, social media rants, hashtags like #noexcuse, #menaretrash which seemingly are ineffective, raise limited awareness and offer no real solutions.”
