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CI in the news 2020

'Ending violence against women and children requires a shift in our thinking and practices (IOL, 7 December 2020)

'End this heartbreaking cycle of violence against children (Sunday Times, 29 November 2020)

Don't Covid-19 relief grant misses the mark for children (Daily Maverick, 19 November 2020)

Don't When kids go hungry: Elsenburg’s women fill the food parcel ‘gap’ (Spotlight, 17 November 2020)

Civil society calls for the end of austerity‘death spiral’ (Daily Maverick, 25 October 2020)

After years of missing deadlines government wants 18 more months to solve foster grant crisis’ (Ground Up, 22 October 2020)

Cabinet calls on communities to fight GBVs’ (IOL, 22 October 2020)

 It's the absolute least we can do':Our Covid-19 strategy must include measures to reduce violence against women and children (IOL, 26 May 2020)

 Increase Child Grant  (Newsroom Africa, 16 April 2020)

Calls for Ramaphosa to increase the Child Support Grant (SABC News, , 6 April 2020)

 Petition for R500 boost to child support grants nears target of 600,000 signatures (Times Live, 16 April 2020)

Mental health ‘cannot be ignored’ when addressing violence against women and children (Daily Maverick, 16 September 2020)

Don't forget the children in this Covid-19 storm (Daily Maverick, 3 June 2020)

Include children's voices on issues that concern them (News 24, 1 June 2020)

Why South Africa's children are vulnerable to violence and injuries (The Conversation, 15 January 2020)

 

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