National Working Group on Sexual Offences
The National Working Group on Sexual Offences is a working group of civil society organisations working in the field of gender based violence and was established to influence the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Amendment Bill [B50B-2003] for the benefit of women and children. The group worked to protect the rights of women and children, and made submissions to the Bill, created awareness on contents of the Bill and Act. The group now works on awareness raising and implementation issues of the Act.Women'sNet is a member of the Working Group.
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In response to reports on the link between harmful traditional practices and sexual violence in South Africa, the CSVR’S Gender Unit convened a roundtable to identify the issues for policy makers and for ordinary women. Speakers included Sa’diyya Shaikh from the University of Cape Town, Xhanti Sigcawu representing CONTRALESA, Joyce Maluleke from the Department of Justice and Gloudien Spies from Pretoria University. This is a Report of a Roundtable held on 27 August, 2009.
