Ep.9 Society: The War on Women

Greetings beloved audience, thank you for your patience with us as we took the leap into evolving the Viral Wellness!

We've missed you, and our next two episodes have topics that are especially important to us all.

Also, we're on Youtube now. We're live at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnYMv3gcu566RDQwdUohfSg

We're tackling the scourge of Gender Based Violence, assessing the weighted statement by South African president Cyril Ramaphosa about the men of the country waging a "war on women" in the instances of Gender Based Violence (GBV) due to its prevalence in the country, a sad sad reality.

Here are the details:

TOPIC: The “War on Women”: GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA UNDER COVID19. 

Topics:

• Assessing the statement "A War on Women"
• Horizontal action and GBV
• GBV and COVID19
• Lack of support and a perpetuating cycle
• The duty of men to step up
• Rape and its causes
• Violence as a plague on society 
• Potential solutions for combating GBV

Next Up: Episode 10: Children in Need: COVID, Children and the threat to our Future

References

https://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1846-5-things-everyone-gets-wrong-about-domestic-violence.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/15/africa/south-africa-student-murder-sentence/index.html

https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/man-accused-of-tshegofatso-pules-murder-confesses-to-previous-failed-attempt-report-20200618

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/27/633199277/why-now

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/64a7/9f89a714dc4d2d845597bb342a72443ace71.pdf

https://theconversation.com/has-trumps-presidency-triggered-the-movement-against-sexual-harassment-88219

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/06/07/the-stark-relationship-between-income-inequality-and-crime

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/abuse/help-for-men-who-are-being-abused.htm

https://www.psychologytoday.com/za/blog/toxic-relationships/201704/forms-emotional-and-verbal-abuse-you-may-be-overlooking

Stay safe out there, our thoughts and support are with those fighting against Gender Based Violence.