Chief Justice Maya has urged judicial reforms to combat GBVF

GLOBAL, transformational and addressing gaps and loopholes for reducing crime are changes that ought to arise out of the 17th Biennial Conference of the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ).

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Convened under the theme: Resilience: Women in Leadership to End Gender-Based Violence & Femicide, issues of extortion in the workplace, gender equality and the inclusion of men in engagements were a call to action by the hundreds of delegates at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) on Wednesday.

The first woman to be appointed as Chief Justice in South Africa, Mandisa Maya, said the theme of this year’s conference is a powerful and relevant focus of the IAWJ as it accords with the organisation resolve to underpin its work to end the scourge of GBV (gender-based violence) despite the efforts made internationally and nationally to end GBVF with devastating consequences.

“What we therefore, hope to achieve is to bolster the role of women in leadership positions play in fighting the root cause of this scourge and develop effective strategies for prevention and response.

“Approximately 51 100 women worldwide were killed by intimate partners or family members in a way, which pays testimony to the fact that the most dangerous place for women and children still remains the home.