National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Act, 2024 (Act No. 9 of 2024)

2. Purpose of Act
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The purpose of this Act is to provide a legislative framework—

 

(a) for the establishment of the Council as a statutory body, which acts through its Board and is responsible for providing strategic leadership on the elimination of gender-based violence and femicide in South Africa;

 

(b) to co-ordinate a multi-sectoral and an inter-sectoral approach towards the implementation of the national strategy addressing gender-based violence and femicide at national, provincial and local level and at community and other forums;

 

(c) to give effect to Chapters 1 and 2 of the Constitution, which uphold human dignity, equality, life, security of persons, freedom and the advancement of human rights, as well as non-racialism and non-sexism, as its founding principles;

 

(d) to affirm a national commitment to building a society that is free from all forms of gender-based violence and femicide;

 

(e) to provide for the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer and the Secretariat by the Board; and

 

(f) to provide for reporting mechanisms to facilitate the effective performance monitoring, evaluation and corrective action in the prevention of, and response to, gender-based violence and femicide in South Africa.