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EC Women and Children suffer due to GBV

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Dear MyPE

Today, 25 November 2020, South Africa launches 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children while the majority of our women and children are not enjoying their constitutional rights to freedom and safety.

Women and children are being kidnapped, raped and killed on a daily basis and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) has long ago reached crisis proportions – with the Eastern Cape being a particular hotspot for these heinous crimes.

This was highlighted by the fact that there was a 17% increase in the murder of women in the Eastern Cape during the first quarter of the 2020/2021 financial year.

In response to questions asked in the Eastern Cape Legislature by the DA EC Shadow MEC for Safety and Security, Bobby Stevenson, MPL, it was confirmed that the rate of violent crime against women and children in the Eastern Cape continues to escalate – up from 28 642 reported crimes against women and children in 2017/18 to 29 343 reported crimes in 2018/19.

South Africa is unsafe for most women and children and statistics indicate that GBV is skyrocketing while the ANC government turns a blind eye.

The ANC government has failed to protect the rights of women and children, the most vulnerable in our society.

The government needs to get serious about protecting our women and children. Too many perpetrators are walking around free and too many women are being buried.

DAWN EC is committed to end GBV. We recognise that the fight to end this scourge requires a multifaceted approach and whether in opposition or in government, the Party has worked to end GBV. A full breakdown of the DA’s interventions can be viewed here http://www.da.org.za/.

We will keep on fighting to ensure that our women and children feel safe in their homes and in their communities at large.

Enough is enough!

Regards

Cllr Georgina Faldtman
DA Women’s Network EC Provincial Chairperson

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