By Ntokozo Mfusi
The ANC Women's League launched its plan for the annual 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign, saying its focus this year would be on consolidating and generating more awareness of the negative impact of violence on women and children.
At the launch in Durban last Thursday, ANC Women's League provincial chairperson Lungi Gcabashe said the league would concentrate on increasing awareness of children's and women's rights, and challenge perpetrators to change their behaviour.
"We will engage with men and boys, starting within our structures in the ANC, to combat violence," she said.
SACP gender co-ordinator Judy Malqueeny said the struggle against gender-based violence was not a feminist issue, but rather an issue for humanity as a whole.
Young Women's Forum chairperson Fikile Masiko said the focus would be on personal and youth development.
The 16 days campaign, which gets under way tomorrow, will feature marches, women's imbizos and prayers around the province.