Madam Deputy Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that 25 November 2011 is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women;
2) further notes that the purpose of this day is to give governments the opportunity to focus on the elimination of gender based violence, especially towards girls and women, in partnership with provincial and local governments, NGOs, civil society groups, both locally and internationally, and the individual citizen;
3) recognises the need to eliminate violence against women within South Africa and the rest of the African continent;
4) asserts its commitment to the elimination of abuse against women in all forms within South Africa to build a truly gender equal, safe, democratic, inclusive, free and fair society; and
5) calls upon all South Africans to join hands so that the nation can combat and eliminate the practice of rape, corrective rape, sexual, physical and psychological abuse against women to ensure a better, greater and more peaceful society that is founded on the values of our Constitution.
Agreed to.