Women in Gaming Africa backs GBV and femicide mobilisation
Women in Gaming Africa will stand with Women For Change as the campaign calls on South Africans to unite against violence against women and femicide.
South Africa.- Women in Gaming Africa (WiGA) has announced its support for the Women For Change mobilisation against gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide in South Africa. The move follows reports of several recent killings of women in the country, with Women For Change calling on South Africans to unite on November 21, while WiGA says it will stand with the initiative.
The organisation said that violence against women extends beyond South Africa’s borders. “Because violence against women is not simply a South African issue,” WiGA said in its LinkedIn post.
WiGA’s support for the Women For Change mobilisation follows the discovery of nine women’s bodies in South Africa’s Gauteng province in the past two months and growing coverage of the police investigation. Police are examining possible links between the cases, according to EWN. The killings have also attracted international attention, with Reuters, the Associated Press and the Financial Times reporting on the cases. WiGA said there was “understandably, outrage” over the killings.
WiGA highlighted the connections its members have with women across the continent, regardless of where they live. “Even if you do not live in South Africa, you have a friend, a colleague, a sister, a mother, a daughter, a neighbour,” the organisation said.
The organisation said that if African women are serious about building a legacy together, their solidarity cannot stop at national borders.
WiGA said that when women are “frightened, silenced, abused or killed” anywhere on the continent, it matters to everyone. It added: “This isn’t about gaming. It isn’t about business. It isn’t about which country you come from. It is about women.”
