Combating gender-based violence in Africa

Ahead of the annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign (25 November - 10 December), Ugandan human rights lawyer Laura Nyirinkindi paid a visit to SAIIA. Nyirinkindi has been working on combating violence against women in Africa for the last ten years.

We asked her:

Why does gender-based violence remain such a big problem in Africa?

How do we tackle negative attitudes and stereotypes around gender-based violence?

What best practices have emerged from the African Peer Review Mechanism regarding the prevention of gender-based violence?

What still needs to happen to reduce the high levels of gender-based violence in Africa?

For more materials related to gender in Africa, see http://www.saiia.org.za/tag/Gender