'Women do not have the power to stop rape. We cannot simply break our silence or act in certain ways to effect change.'
The rape and murder of 19-year-old Uyinene Mrwetyana in August, left us battling to make sense of our violent world. She went to collect a parcel at the post office and never made it out alive. She was not drunk.
A tweet, posted on the government site read: “Violence and abuse against women have no place in our society. Govt is calling on women to speak out, and not allow themselves to become victims by keeping quiet. Women who speak out are able to act, effect change and help others.” Women do not have the power to stop rape. We cannot simply break our silence or act in certain ways to effect change. What we need is for men to speak out boldly in public and private spaces.
Fathers must teach their sons what consent means and that it is non-negotiable in all their interactions with the girls and women in their lives. Rape is rooted in the notion that women are inferior to men and motivated by the rapist’s violent need for power and control. UNAids’s latest global report shows that about 30% of women in South Africa, Uganda and Tanzania have experienced violence at the hands of an intimate partner in the last 12 months, according to surveys.
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