Bellair SAPS launch 16 Days of Activism campaign against GBV
For the first five days of this year's 16 Days campaign, South Africans will spend time mourning those who died this year from Covid-19 and GBV.
POLICE and members of the CPF group at Bellair SAPS launched the 2020 campaign of 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence (GBV) on Wednesday at the station’s community service centre.
The 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children Campaign, better known as the 16 Days Campaign, is a United Nations campaign taking place annually from 25 November, International Day of No Violence against Women, to 10 December, International Human Rights Day.
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Remarks by Deputy President David @DDMabuza at the recognition ceremony for those who lost their lives due to #GenderBasedViolence and the #COVID19 pandemic, Union Buildings Amphitheatre. https://t.co/33tpBAdoE1#16DaysofActivism2020 pic.twitter.com/furhAuBvLi
— Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 (@PresidencyZA) November 25, 2020
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This year the launch of the 16 Days campaign in South Africa is accompanied by five days of national mourning for those who have died of Covid-19 as well as victims of GBV described by President Cyril Ramaphosa as the second-pandemic affecting South Africa alongside the global Covid-19 pandemic.
At the event candles were lit in remembrance of GBV victims.
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