‘Raise children that see a human being before a gender’ – SABC News

Reading Time: 3 minutesPublic Protector Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka believes one of the ways to fight gender-based violence is to allow the boy child to embrace their femininity and do away with social norms that make men feel that doing such is a sign of weakness. She was speaking at the annual Uyinene Mrwetyana Lecture, at Makhanda in the Eastern Cape.
The commemorative lecture was established in 2019 to celebrate Uyinene, with the aim of empowering young people to stand against gender-based violence.
It has been five years since Uyinene Mrwetyana passed away but her legacy lives on. A…