AIDC says policies are in place to fight GBVF but interventions from government are not effective

Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) says years of underfunding have undermined South Africa's fight against gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF). AIDC says government cannot keep acknowledging gender-based violence as a national crisis while treating its funding as optional. For more Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Suraya Jawoodeen, Economic Justice Programme Coordinator at Alternative Information and Development Centre