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"Shukumisa" means to stir and shake up - which is what the Campaign intends do. Shukumisa will stir and shake up social attitudes to sexual violence and the treatment of survivors in their encounters with state services throughout the criminal justice process. The Campaign was developed by the National Working Group on Sexual Offences, a network of 26 civil society organisations from around South Africa in 2003 to ensure that effective and appropriate laws around sexual offences were passed.
The Campaign will undertake the following key actions:
<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <![endif]-->Child rights advocacy groups will be lobbying for a change in certain aspects of the new Sexual Offences Act, through either case law or amendments.
But they point out that for the change to take place through amendments, there would have to be political will.
The Act, which was passed on December 13, makes changes to the definition of what constitutes rape and includes a sexual offender register, but child rights groups say the Act has done little to increase protective measures available in the court system.
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.
Campaign location:
South Africa (National)
Contact Person Name:
Lisa Vetten from Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre
