SANCA Central Rand embarked on a GBV Awareness Campaign
GBV Awareness Through Active Living.
With the rise of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in our country, many organisations celebrated Women’s Day this past Sunday to raise awareness against GBV. SANCA Central Rand, in partnership with Sphiwe Ntombela @StepItUpWithSphiwe encouraged to act against GBV.
Ntombela, is a fitness trainer who initiated a campaign called “RUN4WOMEN”.
According to Nomhle Tshangzito from SANCA Central Rand, the aim of the campaign was to raise awareness of GBV through active living, and to encourage 10 000 people to run or walk 5km on any route at 6:30 am on August 9 as a form of solidarity against GBV. “As a ‘symbolic action’ of “breaking the silence’ in communities of diverse social dynamics, the campaign, further challenges South Africa to cross-dress on Women’s Day.
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The challenge is for everyone male, female, young, and old regardless of their sexual preference.”
“Men can play a meaningful role in ending GBV and contribute to behaviour change and the breaking of stereotypes of gender equality,” said Ntombela.
SANCA Central Rand Alcohol and Drug Centre acknowledges that GBV is a profound and widespread problem in South Africa, impacting almost every aspect of life.
GBV occurs at times as a result of substance abuse, normative role expectations, and unequal power relationships between genders in society and devastates the lives of women, girls, families, and communities.
The hashtags that were used for Sunday’s event were: #SANCACentralRandCares #Run4WomenChallenge #GBVChallenge #ActiveLiving #StepItUpWithSphiwe #SANCACenteralRandAlcoholandDrugCentre.
Story credit: Nomhle Tshangzito.
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