{"id":221690,"date":"2019-10-29T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/221690\/taking-a-stand-against-femicide-gender-based-violence\/"},"modified":"2019-10-28T12:50:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T10:50:40","slug":"taking-a-stand-against-femicide-gender-based-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/10\/29\/taking-a-stand-against-femicide-gender-based-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking a stand against femicide, gender-based violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gender-based violence and femicide are topics on the tip of many people\u2019s tongues and at the forefront of many people\u2019s minds.<\/p>\n

For local company Johnson Matthey South Africa (JMSA), based in Germiston South, who pride themselves on immersing themselves in and helping their local community these are topics that can not be ignored.<\/p>

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\u201cThe JMSA wellness team organised a special gender-based violence and femicide awareness campaign, last Saturday, in partnership with Khuluma Ndoda Projects,\u201d said Tobeka Xoko, the company\u2019s well-being and community involvement leader.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe theme for the event was \u2018Score a goal against Femicide\u2019.<\/p>

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\u201cThe purpose of this campaign, which was held at the company\u2019s facilities in Germiston, was to create a safe place for the women, not only employed by JMSA, but also within the community we are based in.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt also aimed to address gender-based violence and femicide as a whole, which is a threat to our society.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tobeka further explained that the wellness team believed that the campaign would yield the much-needed change among the men invited to the event in their respective homes, as well as in the communities they live in.<\/p>\n

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