Social-cultural marginalisation of women and violence against

National Women’s day conferences, discourses and discussions reveal how much still need to be done to improve the situations of women and girls, writes Mmapaseka ‘Steve’ Letsike, chairperson of the Women’s Sector of the South African National Aids Ccouncil. “Women and girls continue to be subjected to multiple and overlapping forms of violence, such as psychological, sexual, physical, institutional, and structural violence, reinforced by harmful socio-cultural practices.” To read the rest of the article published in the supplement (p. 2) of the Mail & guardian 28 October to 3 November 2011 Download SANAC From silence to response on gender inequality