ARE WE REALLY LISTENING?

If you need convincing as to the extent of gender violence in South Africa, you should check out the results of research carried out by Gender Links in four South African provinces between 2010 and 2012. Admittedly, the research construed “violence” quite broadly – not just physical or sexual abuse, but also emotional and economic – but nonetheless, the figures are still shocking. Seventy-seven percent of women in Limpopo, 51% of women in Gauteng, 45% of women in the Western Cape, and 36% of women KwaZulu-Natal reported having experienced some form of violence perpetrated by men against them within their lifetime.   These are the statistics shared by the daily maverick , after 16 days, countless songs and money spent by the government in campaigning against it really going to use. Do not get me wrong I am not expecting the statistics to just diminish because a few musicians sang about it but what I want to know is that, Is it going to turn into the whole valentine's day story where you get pampered only for that day or are South African citizens going to address the situation. I'm sure that it's not only in South Africa that you face these kind of situations but once women abuse is referred to as one of your country's favourite sports you know that you have to intervene so I urge every one to stand up against women abuse and not only on the 25 of November to the 11 of December but in our everyday life because where would we have formed besides our mothers wombs and I know that they are other options these days but just go with it. Start by saving your mom/mum.