The Limpopo provincial government will on Friday host a gender-based violence and femicide summit to collectively fight the scourge that has been named the second pandemic after Coronavirus.
\nThe summit will be held under the theme: ‘Accountability, accelerate and amplify now’, at The Ranch resort, in Polokwane.
\nThe summit will be a precursor to the upcoming National Presidential GBVF Summit, in November 2022.
\nThe summit follows the President\u2019s mandate earlier this year to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide to facilitate a second Presidential Summit to afford delegates to echo their voices regarding the scourge.
\nThe GBVF summit aims to deepen the understanding of GBVF in the province, with a specific focus on the impact of GBVF by target groups, namely, women, the elderly, children, people with disabilities, pregnant women, LGBTQIA + individuals and men.
\nThe GBV summit will also accelerate actions and accountability by key government departments and other stakeholders, provide a space for wider collaborative engagements between all stakeholders and strengthen the overall response to the prevention of GBVF in the province amongst others. <\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"