Victim Support/Empowerment Centre launched
A much-needed victim support centre was launched in East London on Wednesday, April 23.
The centre, based at the Fleet Street police station, is a joint project between Masimanyane Women's Support Centre and the South African Police Services. It offers women and girl children who have been traumatised by gender-based violence (GBV) a safe, comfortable refuge where they can receive paralegal, physical, mental and emotional support.
Masimanyane director Lesley Ann Foster said initiatives such as the new Fleet Street Victim Support Centre were an essential advance in the global arena of human rights, development and democracy.
“This Victim Support Centre becomes much larger within the global context,” she said, pointing to a growing international focus on GBV through agreements such as the multi-governmental Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the global campaign to end violence against women recently launched by the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon. READ FULL REPORT |
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Commission on the Status of Women
Masimanyane Women's Support Centre advocacy officer Monique Davidson recently returned from the 52nd session of the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York.
Focusing on the funds allocated to gender equality and women's empowerment around the world, the conference – which ran over an intense two weeks – gave Davidson and Masimanyane director Dr Lesley Ann Foster much food for thought when viewing the discussions in a South African context.
Among other issues, the tightening of governments' funding of civil society organisations was one which concerned many smaller organisations such as Masimanyane.
Dr Foster is also president of Amanitare, and represented this organisation at the conference.
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