Tag: GenderBasedViolence
GBVF prevention needs business at the table
South Africa has built one of the continent's strongest Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) response systems. The next step, however, needs to focus on prevention, with business firmly and deliberately taking a defining role. Statistics from the Human Sciences Research Council show the extent of South Africa’s GBVF crisis.
The workplace taboo – conversations women still avoid
From hot flushes in the boardroom to violence at home, some of the experiences affecting women’s working lives remain difficult to say out loud. We believe employers need to create workplaces where those conversations can happen without embarrassment, judgement or fear. I have seen how easily a woman can sit in a meeting when a hot flush begins.
