How can local government address gendered forms of violence?

How can local government address gendered forms of violence? The Wits City Institute will host a debate to address the topic with the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP and UDM.

In the run-up to local government elections conflict has surged, resulting in violence and the destruction of property. In many instances these bitter struggles have been explained as attempts to control the spoils of power.

But how could local government be made a site of peace? How could its structures and programmes be constructively turned to addressing sexualised violence, as well as violence within the domestic sphere?

What role could the Metropolitan Police play in creating cities safe for sex workers, or lesbian, gay and transgender persons? And how could local government resources support services to the victims and survivors of gendered forms of violence?

As 3 August draws near, the Wits City Institute will host a debate to address these and other questions with the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP and UDM.

Speakers include: Mandisa Mashego, acting chairperson for the Gauteng EFF; Ingrid Reinten of the DA; Sibongile Nkomo, the IFP's Secretary General and representatives from the ANC, UDM and other civil society organisations.

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