The Minister of Police, Mr Bheki Cele, delivered a keynote address at a panel discussion on gender based violence and femicide in South Africa, which was organized by the College of Human Science in collaboration with the University of South Africa (UNISA)’s HIV and Social Diversity Curriculum Integration Project in Pretoria on Thursday, 16 August 2018.
Crime against women and children has always been a priority for the South African Police Service and the Police Minister has declared 2018 as the year to focus on women, children and other vulnerable groups.
In addressing the fight against gender based violence and femicide, Minister Cele vowed to ensure that more women are appointed to the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) to deal with assisting the victims of rape and abuse, as it might be easier for women and children to open up to a female police officer than to her male counterpart.
The Minister called on all men and society in general, to lead the way in protecting women and children and to speak out against abuse.
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