{"id":1544,"date":"2023-11-29T14:46:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T12:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mineralscouncil.org.za\/womeninmining\/?p=1544"},"modified":"2025-09-05T07:24:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:24:19","slug":"gender-based-violence-and-femicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mineralscouncil.org.za\/womeninmining\/about\/initiatives\/2023\/gender-based-violence-and-femicide\/","title":{"rendered":"16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence and Femicide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Minerals Council fully supports the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence and Femicide campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<p>Through our Stop Abuse of Women campaign, which forms part of our Women in Mining Strategy, the Minerals Council is working closely with our members to ensure that we have the right processes and mechanisms in place to identify and deal with the abuse of women, that we continue to train and educate men and women on what abuse means, and to ensure that there are support systems in place for women in mining and mining communities to seek help.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns thumb-with-title is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:35%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mineralscouncil.org.za\/womeninmining\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/minerals-council-women-in-mining-newsletter-november-2023.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"840\" data-id=\"1639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mineralscouncil.org.za\/womeninmining\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8862-23-Minerals-Council-16-Days-of-Activism_-STOP-abuse-Facebook-2023-Round-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"has-border-color has-contrast-border-color wp-image-1639\" style=\"border-width:1px\" title=\"Click to view post image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mineralscouncil.org.za\/womeninmining\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8862-23-Minerals-Council-16-Days-of-Activism_-STOP-abuse-Facebook-2023-Round-2.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.mineralscouncil.org.za\/womeninmining\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8862-23-Minerals-Council-16-Days-of-Activism_-STOP-abuse-Facebook-2023-Round-2-800x420.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mineralscouncil.org.za\/womeninmining\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8862-23-Minerals-Council-16-Days-of-Activism_-STOP-abuse-Facebook-2023-Round-2-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mineralscouncil.org.za\/womeninmining\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8862-23-Minerals-Council-16-Days-of-Activism_-STOP-abuse-Facebook-2023-Round-2-1536x806.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mineralscouncil.org.za\/womeninmining\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/16-days-of-activism-gbvf-r2-05.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1008\" data-id=\"1644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mineralscouncil.org.za\/womeninmining\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/16-days-of-activism-gbvf-r2-05-1920x1008.png\" alt=\"Watch the insightfull &quot;Stranger in my house&quot; series\" class=\"has-border-color has-contrast-border-color wp-image-1644\" style=\"border-width:1px\" title=\"Click to view post image\" 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target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"840\" data-id=\"1653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mineralscouncil.org.za\/womeninmining\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8862-23-Minerals-Council-16-Days-of-Activism_-STOP-abuse-Facebook-2023-Round-22.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"has-border-color has-contrast-border-color wp-image-1653\" style=\"border-width:1px\" title=\"Click to view post image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mineralscouncil.org.za\/womeninmining\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8862-23-Minerals-Council-16-Days-of-Activism_-STOP-abuse-Facebook-2023-Round-22.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.mineralscouncil.org.za\/womeninmining\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8862-23-Minerals-Council-16-Days-of-Activism_-STOP-abuse-Facebook-2023-Round-22-800x420.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mineralscouncil.org.za\/womeninmining\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8862-23-Minerals-Council-16-Days-of-Activism_-STOP-abuse-Facebook-2023-Round-22-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mineralscouncil.org.za\/womeninmining\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8862-23-Minerals-Council-16-Days-of-Activism_-STOP-abuse-Facebook-2023-Round-22-1536x806.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"1601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mineralscouncil.org.za\/womeninmining\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/blank-1-1920x1008.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Click to view post image\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"1601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mineralscouncil.org.za\/womeninmining\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/blank-1-1920x1008.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Click to view post image\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>View the &#8216;Stranger in my house&#8217; series <a 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