INTERVIEWS
ASANDA LUWACA
My perspective of trauma as a result of GBVF on youth is that it has a psychological impact which mostly displays as mental health issues. I'll speak briefly at the level of the NYDA, in terms of some of the work and interventions that we have in place as a response to this. Executive Chairperson of The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA)
EUSEBIUS MCKAISER
With civil society airing their frustrations with regards to systematic challenges that serve as barriers in the coordination and implementation of the goals laid out in the NSP on GBVF, we saw tension flare up between civil society and government. Eusebius facilitated this session between government and civil society, we asked what his thoughts were about the tension. Political Analyst, Journalist, Broadcaster and Author
Tension is only bad when you are trying to solve a deep social problem like rape culture and femicide because there are survivors and people that work with survivors who carry that trauma, at a deep cellular and psychological level, to the Summit. We have to be comfortable with the discomfort because we need to understand the genesis of it. Civil society is morally justified because the state has the monopoly on force, collecting taxes, enacting legislation, and none of the activists here are in charge of the police and the South African Defence Force (SANDF). Because the state has the legal mandate to collect taxes and keep us safe and pass laws that will improve relationships between us we cannot talk about equality and power between civil society and the state. The state has enormous constitutional powers and duties which is why it is appropriate for them to be held accountable. rape culture & femicide
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