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#SandtonShutdown: Hundreds of protesters march in Johannesburg to end gender-based violence

Author(s): Lerato Mogoatlhe, Itumeleng Letsoalo

In: Global Citizen, 2019

Although President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Gender-Based Violence Declaration in April 2019, promising that the government would strengthen its fight against gender-based violence (GBV), which he called a national crisis, activists say that little has been done to tackle the issue. This article includes the requests advanced by the movement, links to other national campaigns and data regarding gender-based violence since 2016.

See the report on Gender-Based Violence Declaration here https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/gender-based-violence-declaration-south-africa/

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https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/sandton-shutdown-gender-violence-south-africa/