# GBV Council

- Link: https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/gbv-council/
- Published: 2023-12-03T16:58:22+02:00
- Author: dearSA

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![he Select Committee on Health and Social Services invites you to submit written
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### **75**** **comments delivered to parliament (closed 29 January 2024)

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### The Select Committee on Health and Social Services invited comment on the National Gender-based Violence and Femicide Bill

The Bill will facilitate the effective implementation of the institutional arrangements
informed by the National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide in
relation to the setting up of an independent structure, known as **the National 
Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide.**

## Have your say – shape the GBV Bill. [CLOSED]

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The objective of the Bill is to:

    - establish the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide;
    - provide for the objects and functions of the Council;
    - to appoint the Board of the Council;
    - provide for the appointment of members of the Board;
    - provide for the term of office of members of the Board;
    - provide for the termination of membership of the Board;
    - provide for meetings of the Board; to provide for the establishment of committees
      of the Board;
    - provide for the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer and the Secretariat
      Unit of the Council;
    - provide for the establishment of norms and standards for the provincial and
      local working groups;
    - provide for the making of regulations; and to provide for matters connected
      therewith.

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