{"id":10018,"date":"2020-06-18T17:51:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T17:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/?p=10018"},"modified":"2020-06-18T18:06:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T18:06:43","slug":"is-alcohol-fueling-south-africas-gbv-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/is-alcohol-fueling-south-africas-gbv-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Alcohol Fueling South Africa’s GBV crisis?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Is Alcohol Fueling South Africa’s GBV crisis?<\/h3>
18 June, 2020<\/span>Articles, News<\/span><\/div>\n

The\nlink between alcohol and levels of violence in South Africa has been\ngreatly debated since the 1st<\/sup> of June, when the ban on the\nsale of alcohol was lifted. Our society experiences massive levels of\ngender based violence and subsequent to the lifting of restriction of\nalcohol sale, 21 women have been murdered in domestic violence\nincidents. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The question thus\narises; “Are we able to demonstrate a link between alcohol use and\ngender based violence? “ \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the President’s\nspeech<\/a>\nlast night, he is quoted as saying, “In particular, we need to\nexamine the effect of alcohol abuse not only on levels of violence,\nbut also on road accidents and reckless behaviour. Several\ninternational and domestic studies show clear linkages between\nalcohol abuse and gender-based violence<\/em>.” \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unsurprisingly, 85% of the victims of gender based violence are female, according to the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics. Women experience intimate partner violence at a 5-8 times higher rate than men and most of the partner abuse takes place in the home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Domestic violence as a legal term includes different forms of abuse : <\/p>\n\n\n\n