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South Africa accepts huge rate of violence against women is national disaster
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa said on Friday the rate of violence against women in the country was a national disaster, as thousands protested to highlight the problem ahead of this weekend’s G20 summit of world leaders. The country has one of the world’s highest rates of gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF), leading to deaths five times higher than the global average, according to the United Nations’s gender equality organization UN Women.
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bbc.com
South African women call purple protest at G20 over gender violence
Nearly 1,000 women were raped and 137 murdered in the first three months of this year.
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arabnews.com
South Africa accepts huge rate of violence against women is national disaster
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa said on Friday the rate of violence against women in the country was a national disaster, as thousands protested to highlight the problem ahead of this…
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theguardian.com
South Africa declares gender-based violence a national disaster amid G20 protests
Women’s groups welcomed the announcement on the eve of the international leaders’ summit in Johannesburg