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The Bloubergstrand Social Work Services and the Dutch Reformed Church Bloubergstrand joined hands on Wednesday 25 November at Marine Circle in Bloubergstrand to show their supports against GBV. PHOTOS: MISHA JACOBS
MARINE CIRCLE: WOMEN, MEN, FURRY FRIENDS UNITE
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s 16 Days of Activism for no Violence against Women and Children kicked off last week, streets in Table View and Milnerton have been buzzing with activists showing their support. This annual event started on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, the worldwide Human Rights Day.
The Bloubergstrand Social Work Services, the Dutch Reformed Church in Bloubergstrand and residents came together at Marine Circle in Bloubergstrand last week with placards and furry friends to celebrate the start of the campaign. According to Thamar Jacobs from Bloubergstrand Social Work Services, they run this project annually and feel strongly about this challenge in the community. “The experience during lockdown has caused this issue to arise in more households, and tension keeps building up with
the uncertain times we are living in. Unfortunately, usually women and children are the targets. We see it as a community problem and therefore men are joining our initiative as well during the 16 Days at Marine Circle,” Jacobs says. Jacobs adds that more awareness needs to be created as this challenge is becoming more prominent and destructive. “The atmosphere is unbelievable and the reaction from the traffic is just awesome. It honestly feels like the World Rugby Cup all over again. Even people standing in the
queue for the taxi’s ran over and came to join us on Friday for a short while,” she says. Jacobs has since encouraged all living in the surrounding areas to join the campaign. A Milnerton resident, Shane Lovemore, says men should also form part of this campaign. “We often see so few men at these gatherings and protests and more needs to be done. Men, while not all, need to realise that they are standing up for their wives, girlfriends, daughters, nieces, sisters and friends,” Lovemore says. V To page 2
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