‘Women’s economic emancipation key to ending GBV’
Community activist, Lesego Mahlangu, says community programmes need to play a role in ensuring that black women who are most affected by the high levels of gender-based violence (GBV) are economically emancipated. Mahlangu cites economic factors as leading contributors to women staying in relationships that are violent, as they're usually unemployed. Her remarks were in reaction to the latest report by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), which has painted a grim picture on intimate partner violence in the […]
