The Gauteng Department of Health will on Thursday, 4 December 2014 join the world in commemorating 16 days of Activism of no violence against women, children and men at Carletonville Sports Complex, West Rand.
Under the theme “count me in as we fight against gender based violence”, the awareness campaign aims at enticing the community particularly men and boys to take part in activities aimed at preventing and eliminating gender based violence; to educate the community members at large on other gender based violence issues; to bring to fore the plight of lesbian who are sexually victimised through corrective rape in Gauteng community.
The 16 days of Activism of no violence against women, children and men is celebrated annually on 25 November to 10 December worldwide as a call for the elimination of all forms of violence.
The campaign will focus on the involvement of men who to a large extend are perpetrators of gender based violence but are in some instances victims as well.
Journalists are invited to attend.
Details of the event are as follows:
Date: Thursday, 4 December 2014
Time: 9h00 to 15h00
Venue: Carletonville Sports Complex, West Rand
For more information please contact Head of Communications:
Prince Hamnca
Cell: 076 744 8126
