A BIG idea that would uplift millions of women in SA

Women may be the rock this society is built on, but, writes Isobel Frye, they cannot continue to carry such a disproportionate part of the burden of poverty

22 August 2021 - 00:00 By Isobel Frye

Our president strikingly referred to gender-based violence (GBV) in SA as the “second pandemic” affecting our nation alongside the Covid-19 pandemic that has disrupted the globe since 2020. His administration won approval after hosting a summit to end GBV in 2018, and for repeated affirmation of the need to end this scourge...

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