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.