DURING the 16 Days of Activism Against Woman and Child Abuse we are
bombarded with messages from the media about how women have suffered abuse at
the hands of their partners.
This has been done over and over again since the inception of the
initiative to stop violence against women. I think it is time for the media
to provide women with information of the signs that could lead to any form of
abuse, so as to increase awareness and prevent abuse.
Women need to be encouraged to get out and stay out of abusive
relationships should they find themselves in such situations, because if a man
beats a woman once, chances are that he will do it again as indicated in your
article, “We said ‘no’ to abuse”.
Mmathabo Thulo
Johannesburg