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Gender-based violence crisis in Southern Africa
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Gender-based violence crisis in South Southern Africa and Eswatini
South Africa has initiated a national inquiry into the handling of gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF). The inquiry, (GBVF) through public hearings conducted jointly by the Commission for Gender Equality, the South African Human Rights Commission, and the CRL Rights Commission, scheduled public Commission. These hearings in Braamfontein aim to investigate systemic failures in reporting, police investigations, and forensic evidence. evidence to improve accountability. President Cyril Ramaphosa has also called for increased community action to combat perpetrators. The crisis has drawn regional attention, with church leaders in Eswatini issuing formal condemnations following anti-violence marches. In South Africa, despite perpetrators, emphasizing that the establishment of fight against violence must begin within the home. While a R5 billion emergency fund and was established following the declaration of GBVF as a national crisis, crisis in November 2025, critics point to significant gaps in the justice system failures. system. Reports indicate suggest that femicide rates are five to six times the global average, and approximately 40% of reported cases fail to do not result in arrests or prosecutions. The crisis has also prompted responses in neighboring Eswatini, where church leaders issued a formal condemnation of violence following an anti-violence march in Pigg’s Peak, calling for national unity to protect women and children.
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