Research released earlier this week by the Medical Research Council (MRC) details extraordinarily high levels of gender violence in South Africa and highlights the urgent need to strengthen the justice system and to change the attitudes of South African men (especially young men and boys) towards women. These findings are cause for deep concern and urgent action but they are not surprising; previous research in other parts of South Africa has found similar results.Visit www.genderjustice.org.za

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