DCSTM rallies stakeholders under banner of GBVF.
The Department of Community Safety and Transport Management, in collaboration with allied stakeholders in the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) cluster, officially launched what would be a series of anti Gender Based Vilolence and Femicide (GBVF) campaigns across the North West Province. This is done to include community participation in the fight against GBVF alongside state entities.
The campaign launch took place in the village of Manamakgoteng village near Mogwase in the Moses Kotane Local Municipality.
The Director for Crime Prevention Partnerships, Florence Nchoe highlighted the significance of a collective understanding and participation by society as a whole to assist in the gains against violence aimed at the most vulnerable.
“Part of our measures as government, is to bring intervention in order to deal with this scourge. We realise that part of our intervention requires a multi sectoral and integrated approach.
“Therefore, we gather as a collective, to ensure maximum representation by our communities. All voices must find expression as we chart a way forward in dealing with the violation of women, the elderly, children, LGBTQ community and other vulnerable groups in our society
“The campaign is also an information sharing session, to empower communities on all existing programmes that we have within the cluster to strengthen our fight against GBVF, that is now declared a national disaster,” said Nchoe at the launch.
The Moses Kotane Local Municipality, MMC for Community Services, Bushy Manganye encouraged community members to become active participants in awareness campaigns alongside government entities.
“We encourage the public to make the resistance of GBVF a normal part of our lives. In churches, schools and other social gatherings must feature responsible conversations about this plight and extend the care we have for ourselves to others.
“As we build a community that we all can be proud of and restore our moral fibre, we must go back to the basics of ubuntu and extend care and consideration to others,” Manganye said.
The campaigns will be rolled out in areas that are categorised as GBVF hotspots, in all four districts throughout the period of 16 days of activism for no violence against women children and beyond. This is done through the District Development Model, that strengthens coordination and planning among state organs in order to optimise results.
