{"id":184083,"date":"2018-08-03T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/184083\/raising-a-voice-against-women-and-children-abuse\/"},"modified":"2018-08-03T22:32:19","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T20:32:19","slug":"raising-a-voice-against-women-and-children-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/08\/03\/raising-a-voice-against-women-and-children-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Harcourts says no to violence against women and children"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harcourts Real Estate staff from franchises all over Gauteng got together at the Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens recently for the annual Walk a Mile in Their Shoes march.<\/p>\n

They marched one mile in an effort to raise funds and create awareness around the issue of violence against women and children.<\/p>

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Simon Smith, who is the business owner of Harcourts in Germiston and Boksburg, said that the idea for the event originated from colleagues in Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to the massive problem we have with violence in our communities, we decided to adopt the idea and have our own event in South Africa,\u201d said Simon.<\/p>

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Harcourts Real Estate staff members show off their placards which they displayed during the Walk a Mile in Their Shoes march.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe event takes the form of a protest march in which all the male staff are required to don high heel shoes and walk one mile, side by side, with our female colleagues as a show of solidarity with the victims of violent crimes in South Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbout 100 Harcourts staff members battled through the bitterly cold day, and we were even faced with a few drops of rain and of course those dreaded blisters the men had to contend with.\u201d<\/p>\n

The event was a massive success and created lots of awareness about the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough the fund-raising efforts of all the Harcourts staff in the region, we were able to raise<\/p>\n

R166 000 which was donated to iDuc,\u201d said Simon.<\/p>\n

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iDuc is a non-profit organisation based in Potchefstroom, but it works nationally in South Africa.<\/p>\n

The organisation creates awareness and gives support to abused women and children in South Africa.<\/p>\n

Smith said that he was very proud of everyone at Harcourts who were living the values of the company by putting people first and doing the right thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday we took a stance and made a statement that violence in any form, but particularly against women and children, is not acceptable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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