EDITORIAL | We don’t need ‘Barbie’ talk on GBV this Women’s month

Government budgets must be redirected to programmes that provide for prevention, response and support for rape victims

31 July 2023 - 21:01

Around the country, hundreds of women are co-ordinating their shades of pink to watch the hyped-up Barbie, which attempts to unpack the tangled web of patriarchy and feminism in society...

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