Focus on boys in the fight against gender-based violence, says SACP

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Focus on the boy child is one of the important factors in the fight against gender-based violence, the SA Communist Party declared at its 'Augmented Central Committee' meeting this weekend.

A University of Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana was raped and killed, allegedly by a post office employee and a female boxing champion Leighandre"Baby Lee" Jegels was allegedly killed by her estranged policeman boyfriend. These events sparked an uproar with protests being held across the country, more so on the university campuses..

He said the SACP was also calling for an integration of gender transformation in the schools curriculum in order to curb violence at an early stage.

 

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