[Watch] On January 21, 2020, The Wise Collective presented the first ERAP Performance Report Card. In a live broadcast interview with eNCA, Advocate Brenda Madumise-Pajibo joins MasegoR to unpack the contents of the report card.
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Press Release - Wise 4 Afrika (aka The Wise Collective) introduces the Emergency Response Action Plan (ERAP) on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) Performance Report Card. The Wise Collective finds no pleasure in issuing this report card, however. This is the first in a series of performance reviews the organization intends to conduct to assess the effectiveness of efforts to wrestle and arrest the scourge of GBVF in the country. In doing its work, WISE 4 Afrika is guided grounded in the principles of being solution-based and effecting the necessary interventions to prevent and end gender discrimination, especially the GBVF pandemic.
Read MoreGlobal Citizen Prize is introducing a new award category this year that seeks to honour leaders in their local communities, those individuals and organisations who have been working to achieve the United Nations’ Global Goals on a regional scale. The winner of the very first Global Citizen Prize: South Africa's Hero Award, presented by Vodacom, is the Women Inspired Solutions for Empowerment (WISE) Collective, in recognition of its work against gender-based violence in South Africa.
South Africa’s gender-based violence rates are some of the highest in the world. A large scale change of thinking, legislating, and policing are necessary to curb the perceived nature of GBV. In October 2020, South Africa’s parliament has tabled three new bills to address gender-based violence. Criminal and Related Matters, Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters), and the Domestic Violence Bill are the bills up for amendment. The Wise Collective not only provided their own comments on the bills, but they also presented them to South Africa’s parliament on Friday, October 23, 2020.
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In South Africa, a common story is that of the child whose parents wanted them to become a rich and well-off lawyer. Fighting against GBV, however, isn’t necessarily the path to wealth and riches, but it does afford individuals the chance to enrich their lives and the lives of others. It is for this reason that we asked Kgalelelo to share parts of her journey to becoming a lawyer, specifically in her choice to engage cases related to gender-based violence.
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On June 17, 2020, Wise Collective Director, Onica Nonhlanhla Makwakwa joined a panel discussion hosted by Southern African community USA (501c3) regarding gender-based violence in Africa and the diaspora. Featured guests included Brenda Mwaya, Anne Richard (AWEG), and Loide Jorge Esq., with the session moderated by Thoko Kachipande
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