Government on South Africa tackling Gender Based Violence and Femicide collaboratively
13 December 2021
In the past few months, the South African Government, together with partners including the private sector, trade unions and individuals from civil society and other development partners have been working hard to implement the National Strategic Plan (NSP) on Gender Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF). This plan came as a result of the 1st National Summit on GBVF in South Africa in 2018.
President Ramaphosa has made it clear that the implementation of the NSP is a national priority. Since then, a lot of progress has been made. The most recent innovation has been to engage six districts in organizing 100-Day Challenges that will mobilize ordinary South African citizens in the fight against GBVF.
The 100 Day Challenges will engage communities beyond the confines of government and civil society organizations; inspiring them to commit to unreasonably ambitious 100-Day goals that will have a direct impact on GBVF in their respective districts. Day ONE for the 100-Day Challenge teams will be March 1st.
Partners from the NSP Collaborative are busy preparing the groundwork for the teams, including engaging district leaders in deciding where to focus and who to involve in this work.