The Bishopz Foundation is taking a stance and saying enough is enough.
The foundation calls for the protection of women and children.
The 16 Days of Activism for Non Violence against Women and Children Campaign kicked off on November 25 and this year’s theme is ‘Women’s economic justice for a non-violent and non-sexist South Africa’.
The foundation calls for action during this year’s campaign.
“Activism means a vigorous campaign to bring about social change. Perpetrators are being defended at the expense of the victims,” said co-founder and director Prince Rulashe from Elsburg.
The Elsburg resident said it is time real men take a stand to protect the victims.
The foundation adopted the Report an Abuser Campaign and the aim is to encourage society to report abusers and break the silence.
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“We also follow up on incidents to ensure they are reported.”
The Bishopz Foundation is an NPO and an advocacy group that focuses on societal issues and gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide, inequality and patriarchy.
“We host awareness campaigns, men’s dialogue sessions and inter-dialogue sessions against GBV and femicide,” said Rulashe.
The foundation’s campaign focuses on encouraging victims and the community to speak out.
“As our work on GBV and femicide intensified, we realised that many women and children do not report their abusers as they are scared and fear economical challenges,” mentioned Ralushe.
He said victims need support.
“We hope through this campaign the community will be encouraged to report abuse and that they know they are not alone in this process. As a foundation, we are willing to walk the journey with them until justice is served,” said Ralushe.
The foundation also tends to children as it works to instill good moral values at a young age.
“We want to make sure young people grow up with the correct set of morals and values and that they learn to respect and protect one another,” Ralushe added.
Several dialogue sessions have been scheduled.
“We want to engage men in hostels about the issues affecting men. We will also be hosting couple and marriage seminars to ensure healthy relationships,” Ralushe concluded.
He urged men to take a stand against violence and to speak out against abusers.
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