NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN ON GENDER-BASED …

1 NATIONAL STRATEGIC plan ONGENDER- based violence & FEMICIDEHUMAN DIGNITY AND HEALING, SAFETY, FREEDOM & EQUALITY IN OUR LIFETIMEC opyright NATIONAL STRATEGIC plan ON GENDER-BASED violence & FEMICIDEAll rights published in GENDER-BASED violence and Femicide NATIONAL STRATEGIC plan (GBVF-NSP) was producedby the Interim Steering Committee established in April 2019 to respond to the gender -basedviolence and femicide crisis following the historic 2018 Presidential Summit on this NSP aims to provide a multi-sectoral, coherent STRATEGIC policy and programmingframework to strengthen a coordinated NATIONAL response to the crisis of gender -basedviolence and femicide by the government of South Africa and the country as a whole. Thestrategy seeks to address the needs and challenges faced by all, especially women acrossage, sexual orientation, sexual and gender identities.

2 And specific groups such as elderlywomen, women who live with disability, migrant women and trans women, affected andimpacted by the GENDER-BASED violence scourge in South any additional information about the NSP, please visit the government website or contact the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities(DWYPD) office:Website: : Private Bag, X931, Pretoria, 0001 Tel: 012 359 0000 Fax: 012 326 0473 Communication Office:Tel: 012 359 0224 Facebook page: @dypdzaTwitter handle: @ : @dwypdzaThe material in this NATIONAL STRATEGIC plan may be freely reproduced and used on conditionthat a) the source is acknowledged and b) it is not used for profit or personal by GCIS,Cover design by Kwambele Social Marketing - finalised by Debi LeeText design and layout by Kwambele Social Marketing - finalised by Debi LeePrinted by Big Brand Novelties TradingAcknowledgementsThis NATIONAL STRATEGIC plan on gender based violence and Femicide (GBVF) was madepossible by the Interim Steering Committee (ISC) on GBVF, a collaboration of civil societyand government, under the stewardship of Advocate Brenda Madumise-Pajibo and Dr OliveShisana, respectively.

3 In addition, we acknowledge the financial, technical and overall supportfrom the following groups:Development partners - The Ford Foundation, GIZ, The Embassy of Ireland in South Africa, NATIONAL Lottery Commission, UNAIDS, UNICEF, UNFPA and UN stakeholders - Department of Social Development, Department of Women,Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Department of Planning, Monitoring and society organisations that hosted public consultation meetings, including the admini-strative and facilitation support from Masimanyane Women s Rights International and SoulCity Institute for Social many South Africans who participated in the public consultations, including civil societyorganisations, that contributed to the but not least, we are incredibly indebted to the women in the ISC, its secretariat, technicalworking teams, and co-drafters, whose professional contributions.

4 From fundraising tointellectual contributions on this strategy, including their dedication and commitment toending GBVF brought us to this STRATEGIC plan ON GENDER-BASED violence & FEMICIDE 2020 2030 | 1 ForewordThe unacceptably high levels of GENDER-BASED violence and femicide in South Africaare a blight on our NATIONAL conscience, anda betrayal of our constitutional order forwhich so many fought, and for which so manygave their Africa holds the shameful distinctionof being one of the most unsafe places inthe world to be a woman. We have amongstthe highest rates of intimate partner violence ,and recently released data from Statistics SAshow that rape and sexual violence havebecome hyperendemic. This is a scourge thataffects us all: young and old, black or white,rich and poor, queer or cis, rural or urban.

5 Itpervades every sphere of our and girls are being abused, assaultedand murdered in our country every day - atthe hands of men. We are in the throes of adeep crisis that must be brought to a response to mounting calls from women sgroups, civil society and the public at largefor urgent action to be taken to address thisproblem, on the 1st and 2nd of November2018 we convened the first PresidentialSummit on GENDER-BASED violence andFemicide. This was a landmark summit inseveral the first time since the formation of theWomen s NATIONAL Coalition in 1992, indivi-duals and organisations representing a broadswathe of society united behind a Summit was also instrumental in identi-fying key interventions to address, not justgender- based violence and femicide, but thewider challenges women and children facewith regards to safety and security, poverty,access to economic opportunities, and thecontestation of their rights in a climate wherepatriarchy and chauvinism is widely prevalentand | NATIONAL STRATEGIC plan ON GENDER-BASED violence & FEMICIDE 2020 2030 Matamela Cyril RamaphosaCredit.

6 GCISP residentThe Summit concluded with the signing of aDeclaration that government, business,labour and civil society would collaborate toconceptualise, drive and implement concretemeasures to eradicate GENDER-BASED violenceand to the Declaration called for a multisectoral structure to be constituted tocoordinate the implementation of a NationalStrategic plan on GENDER-BASED Violenceand Summit further resolved that an InterimSteering Committee be established to leadthe process of establishing structures, develo-ping programmes, and mobilising we still have a long way to go beforewe reach our goal of ending gender -basedviolence and femicide, there has been incre-mental progress since last year s Interim Steering Committee, in partner-ship with other stakeholders, has beenworking to build the capacity of the state torespond to the Emergency Response Action plan toaddress GENDER-BASED violence and femicidehas been developed and presented toParliament where it was approved during aspecial joint sitting on the 18th of Septem-ber departments have rallied aroundthe plan : and an amount of R1,6 billion hasbeen sourced through budget is anchored by five key interventions to beimplemented over the next six months:I.

7 Urgently respond to victims and survivorsof Broadening access to justice for social norms and behaviourthrough high-level awareness raising andprevention Strengthening existing architecture andpromoting The creation of more economic oppor-tunities for women who are vulnerable toabuse because of are committed to galvanising supportfor this plan by creating a permanent struc-ture to steer its implementation; as well asto budgeting for it over the next conceptualisation of the structure of theGender- based violence and Femicide Councilhas been developed and we desire that it beconstituted by April NATIONAL GENDER-BASED violence andFemicide STRATEGIC plan (NSP) presented herewas developed by the Interim SteeringCommittee. In line with our commitment toparticipatory democracy, the committee can-vassed the views and inputs of as many keystakeholders as NATIONAL STRATEGIC plan is a governmentand civil society s multi-sectoral strategicframework to realise a South Africa free fromgender- based violence and femicide.

8 Itrecognises all violence against women (acrossage, location, disability, sexual orientation,sexual and gender identity, nationality andother diversities) as well as violence againstchildren. The NSP is premised on the equa-lity of all gender groupings including theNATIONAL STRATEGIC plan ON GENDER-BASED violence & FEMICIDE 2020 2030 | 34 | NATIONAL STRATEGIC plan ON GENDER-BASED violence & FEMICIDE 2020 2030 LGBTQI+ community - and affirms that acces-sing services is human Summit managed to coalesce differentstakeholders around a common NSP. Theinvolvement of key stakeholders in the publicand private sectors, civil society, social move-ments, development partners as well as multi-lateral agencies bodes well for NSP centers around six pillars, namely(a) Accountability, Coordination and Leader-ship, (b) Prevention and Rebuilding the SocialCohesion, (c) Justice, Safety and Protection,(d) Response, Care, Support and Healing; (e)Economic Power; and (f) Research and Infor-mation violence and femicide is an illthat has left no sector of society call upon all South Africans to be part ofthe implementation of this NATIONAL StrategicPlan, to support it both materially and morally,and to be active forces for change in theirhomes and their communities.

9 The public,the media, faith- based groups and traditionalorganisations, business and labour must allcome on Interim Steering Committee deserve ourgratitude for the excellent work they havedone thus far. Your efforts and dedication tofinding solutions to this crisis are valued government, we will continue to supportthis NSP by ensuring that it is integrated intogovernment planning processes, that thenecessary resources are made available, andthat it yields concrete and tangible has been said that the true measure of anysociety can be found in how it treats its mostvulnerable South Africa we Want is a country whereall its citizens are able to lead their lives ofdignity and freedom, and where the vul-nerable and marginalised are protected byour Constitution and Bill of Rights. We haveset ourselves a course from which we will we reclaim our society from the clutchesof violence , homophobia, chauvinism andmisogyny, this NATIONAL STRATEGIC plan is bothour shield and our will spare no effort until this country swomen and children are safe, can live, workand play in freedom, and their rights Cyril RamaphosaPresidentNATIONAL STRATEGIC plan ON GENDER-BASED violence & FEMICIDE 2020 2030 | 5 Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1 Foreword 2 Acronyms 6 Glossary of Terms 9 Executive Summary 16 Table 1: Pillars 18 GBVF Road Map 201.

10 Introduction 212. Background 22 Figure 1: Intimate partner physical violence reported in studies in South Africa 25 Figure 2: Reported Cases of Rape and Sexual Offences to SAPS 26 Figure 3: Attrition of rape cases: RAPSSA study 313. The NATIONAL STRATEGIC plan on GBVF 2020-2030 35 Figure 4: Facets of GBVF Crisis in South Africa35 Figure 5: Overview of NATIONAL STRATEGIC response 36 Table 1: VISION: Women, A South Africa free from GENDER-BASED violence directed at women, children and LGBTQIA+ persons37 Table 2: Five Year Outcomes 404. STRATEGIC Pillars 43 Figure 6: Layered Approach for Effective Prevention 455. Institutional Arrangements & Implementation Modalities 57 Figure 7: Overview of roles and responsibilities of the structure 58 Figure 8: Proposed Organogram of the NCGBVF 606.