NEWS: Women's empowerment 'key to stopping violence'

Only a radical shift in approaches to end gender violence will bring about change, says Gender Links, a South African based non-governmental organisation that promotes gender equality across the 15 countries in southern Africa.

Under the banner, "Peace begins at home: End violence! Empower women!", the organisation is calling for change as part of South Africa's 16 Days of Activism of No Violence Against Women and Children campaign, which was launched by the government on 25 November. "

Gender violence is a symptom of a much deeper malaise – the gender inequality that pervades every aspect of our lives," says Colleen Lowe Morna, the chief executive of Gender Links.

"We cannot talk about ending violence without talking about women's political, economic and social empowerment."

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