Stakeholder consultations on the GBV and Femicide National Strategic Framework
The Interim Steering Committee on Gender-based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) is set to begin the second leg of stakeholder consultations aimed at soliciting inputs to the draft GBVF National Strategic Framework. The consultations will start from the 5th to the 13th September 2019 covering Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Northern Cape, Free State and North West provinces.
The Interim Steering Committee was formed as per article 3 of the Declaration on GBVF, with the mandate to draft a National Strategic Plan (NSP) Framework and establish a Multi–Sector GBVF Council, which is a coordinating body that will champion work around the national GBVF campaign.
The Interim Steering Committee met on 01 August 2019 at the Union Buildings, Pretoria and resolved that the Ministry of Women, Youth and People with Disabilities will now be the government Co-chair of the Steering committee.
The processes of the Steering Committee follow the adoption of the Declaration on Gender-based Violence and Femicide during the Presidential Summit held in November 2018. A signing ceremony was held in March 2019 where President Ramaphosa and representatives of civil society committed to the implementation of the deliverables reflected in the Declaration.
Consultations will take place as per the attached schedule. The first consultations started in August 2019 in Eastern Cape and Kwa Zulu-Natal provinces.
Members of the public wishing to view and comment on the Draft National Strategic Framework are requested to do so before the 15th September 2019 by filling the comment form accessed through the following link: Form for inputs on GBVF NSP.
The document is available online through the link: Draft NSP as well as on the following websites: www.gov.za; www.gcis.gov.za .
Social Media: Twitter: @GovernmentZA @GCISMedia #GBV #GBVF
Enquiries:
Sibongile Mthembu
Cell: 073 595 3773
E-mail: sibs@gbvf.org.za or nsp@gbvf.org.za
