In his keynote address at the 16 days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children 2024 Launch, Deputy President Paul Mashatile shared the government’s commitment to ending gender-based violence and femicide. He cited the country’s first-ever national GBV study, which was conducted by the HSRC in 2022. The executive summary and key findings can be accessed here.

“The HSRC released the results of the first-ever national Gender-Based Violence survey conducted in 2022, revealing that over 33% of South African women have experienced physical violence in their lifetime, while 9.8% have faced sexual violence. Approximately 7.3 million women have experienced physical abuse, while 2.1 million have experienced sexual violations,” said Mashatile .

Watch the full address: