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Sonke joins the globe to mark the 16 days of activism against Gender Based Violence, this year under the theme “Towards 30 years of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: UNITE to end violence against women and girls”.
A recent report by the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa states that 7 out of 10 men in the country believe women should ‘obey’ their husbands. The study further states that a significant number of men believe that a woman cannot refuse to have sex with her partner.
The 16 Days of Activism campaign is an opportunity for society to interrogate these findings and other harmful social norms. It is also a moment to strengthen interventions of raising awareness of the global scourge of violence, promoting positive masculinity and gender equity, as well as urging governments to implement commitments made to eliminate violence against women as contained in the progressive National Strategic Plan against GBVF.
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