House Chair, I move without notice:
That the House-
1) notes that Monday, 25 November, marked the beginning of the international 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children;
2) also notes that the 2019 campaign is particularly poignant for South Africa, as our society has been throttled by brutal incidents of women abuse since the beginning of this year;
3) further notes that this has defined South Africa as a fundamentally women-hating society, where the lives of women are easily dispensable;
4) acknowledges that the phenomenon of rape, femicide, misogyny, patriarchy and the sexual harassment at homes, in the workplace, in churches, and in each and every corner of the country has made living a daily struggle for existence of millions of women and girls in this country;
5) further acknowledges that despite the noise and efforts made in the past, we do not seem to have a handle on how to stop the abuse of women and girls in the country; and
6) calls on all South Africans to be activists for the liberation of women, and in their daily conduct to eschew the abuse of women and children each and every day of our lives and not only during this period.
Agreed to.