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Time for vicious cycle of domestic violence to die
News, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Published on 25/11/2018
» We still do not know the true extent of violence against women, as the fear of reprisals, impact of not being believed, and the stigma borne by the survivor -- not the perpetrator --have silenced the voices of millions of survivors of violence and masked the true extent of women's continued horrific experiences.
No one gets left behind: Ending the threat of violence
News, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Published on 25/11/2017
» The initial response to the outpouring of #MeToo around the world has been of outrage at the scale of sexual abuse and violence revealed. The millions of people joining the hashtag tide showed us how little they were heard before. They poured through the floodgates, opening up conversations, naming names and bolstering the frailty of individual statements with the robustness of a movement.