Lady Guides desire officers to be better trained to handle GBV circumstances
About 100 college girls, between 10 and 14 years mature, marched via the streets of Nquthu in KwaZulu-Natal to demand better policing and products and services for victims of gender-based violence.
They were led by contributors of Lady Guides South Africa and handed over a memorandum to the Nquthu Police Whisper on Saturday.
They are worrying that police provide ample give a beget discontinuance to products and services for GBV complainants and fortify coaching for officers going via these circumstances. They wish circumstances to be properly investigated to beget perpetrators accountable.
The girls were from Batshe Predominant, Patsoana Predominant, Luvisi Predominant, Zindlalele Secondary, Maceba Secondary and Mgazi Paunchy Service colleges.
Zanele Maphumulo of Lady Guides said they need to lift consciousness and demand a devoted GBV unit with standardised protocols and more collaborative work with give a beget discontinuance to organisations in the distance.
Detective Mandlenkosi Nkosi of the Nquthu Police Whisper got the memorandum and thanked the young leaders for their circulate. “As a police officer I promise we will work together because you have shown us a willingness to work with us,” Nkosi said.
