Life orientation grade 12
Essay, question and answers and interviews on Human rights, violations and gender based violence.
Full research, accurate, informative. Full bibliography.
Received full marks (100%)
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,Activity 2: Data gathering through interviews..................................................................................................14
Activity 3: Findings............................................................................................................................................16
Activity 4: Human rights and the media...........................................................................................................20
Activity 5: Conclusion........................................................................................................................................24
Activity 6: References:......................................................................................................................................26
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, Activity 1
Introduction
1.1.1. Define and describe the human rights violation that
you have chosen.
Human rights violations are a problem in all countries including
South Africa. Gender based violence is a serious and yet least
acknowledged problem that many people especially women face.
Gender-based violence is the intentional use of threatening or actual
physical force or power against a person, group or community. This
includes any threats or acts of violence and abuse, whether
occurring in public or private life. It then results in injury, death,
phycological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation. Although all
genders and ages can be victims it has been widely acknowledged
that most of the people affected by this crime are girls and women.
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1.1.2. Give a description of a recent (2017-2019) example of
how this problem has displayed itself in your community.
In an article posted by the South African Government News Agency
on 19 June 2018, they found that femicide was on the rise on South
Africa. Reports and statistics found that between 2015 and 2017 the
murder rate for women has increased by 117% and the reported
sexual offence rate went up by 53%. These are drastic increases for
such a short period of time. Noticing the increase, research was
conducted on other recent cases (2018). They reported on all types
of crime, including gender-based violence and crimes that affected
women which is one of the serious problems in our country. The
report also found that Greater percentages of victims of theft of
personal property, sexual offences and fraud were women, while
greater percentages of victims of hijacking of motor vehicles, street
robbery and assault were men. South Africa has one of the highest
rates of violence against women with a rate five times the global
average, according to a study by the South African Centre for the
Study of Violence and Reconciliation. After the media highlighted the
effects of intimate partner violence, horrific stories started being
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