SA has one of the highest rates of GBV in the world, and its economic cost has now been calculated – it costs the country between R28.4 billion and R42.4 billion per year. Read more here:
As the country officially kicks off its annual 16 Days of Activism today, research laid bare the high price of gender-based violence : it costs SA's gross domestic product more than R42 billion every year.
“Using a conservative estimate, gender-based violence costs South Africa between R28.4 billion and R42.4 billion per year – or between 0.9% and 1.3% of GDP annually.”Based on work done with GBV victims in shelters, gender expert and GBV researcher Lisa Vetten said more than 66% of women in shelters were unemployed, with at least one out of six of those women having completed their matric. Many drop out in grade 9, with no experience, she said.
“This nationwide initiative, launcheed this year, teach women make-up application, wig-making, nail installation and eyelash extension, learning to drive and attaining sewing, baking, computer and sustainable farming,” Powa’s Thandiwe McCloy said. “Some women leave jobs because of restraining orders against former partners, while others have left because of the toll GBV has taken on their mental health,” Assis said.
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