The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice & Correctional Services invites you to comment on three Gender Based Violence bills;
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment
- Criminal and Related Matters Amendment Bill
- Domestic Violence Amendment Bill
Dear South Africa is collaborating with Action Society to encourage public participation in the amendment process of legislation regarding gender-based violence (GBV). Have your say below.
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Dear South Africa is a legally recognised and constitutionally protected non-profit platform which enables the public to co-shape all government policies, amendments and proposals. We’ve run many successful campaigns and have amassed a considerably large active participant network of over 750,000 individuals across the country and beyond.
We do not run petitions. We run legally recognised public participation processes which allow citizens to co-form policy at all levels of governance. Whereas petitions, even if they contain thousands of signatures, are considered as a single submission by government, our process ensures that each comment made through dearsouthafrica.co.za is recognised and counted as an individual submission by government.
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Participation costs you NOTHING, and is so easy and quick to do through the platform that you really have no excuse not to help shape policy BEFORE it becomes law. Legally challenging implemented law is costly and rarely successful. Prevention is better than cure.
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