‘Take responsibility’: Rachel Kolisi calls on men in fight against GBV

Director and author Rachel Kolisi called on men in South Africa to start having open conversations with one another to fight against the “national disaster” of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in South Africa.

RACHEL KOLISI ON FIGHT AGAINST GBV

Rachel Kolisi opened up about her thoughts on GBV in South Africa, as it was reported that an 11th body was found in Ekurhuleni municipality east of Johannesburg. Gauteng police spokesperson Brigadier Brenda Muridili said the body was discovered in an open veld near Rhokana Road. 

Rachel appears to have had this conversation while in the Eastern Cape for her Falling Forward roadshow. She expressed that she thinks things will only start to change once men sit down and have real and open conversations about GBV.

Take a look at the full video below…

“We remember the women whose deaths have made headlines. Each of their lives mattered. And so do the lives of the many women whose names we may never hear. Gender-based violence does not end when the headlines move on. Men need to have these conversations with one another, challenge what they see and take responsibility for change,” she wrote.

“Also super grateful to have spaces like @fallingforward__ where these conversion can be had!” she added.

SIYA KOLISI ALSO CALLS ON MEN TO STEP UP IN THE FIGHT AGAINST GBV

This comes after Rachel’s ex-husband Siya Kolisi also called for men to stand up in the fight against GBV in light of the murders that took place in Ekurhuleni, via a video shared on Instagram. Take a look…

“It is our responsibility to make sure we use our voices and platforms…and I want to encourage all the other sporting teams in the country to speak up about what’s happening in our country. Because, we ask people to get behind us and they do, it’s time for us to also use our platform to make sure we are better. And also, to the men of our country, we need to acknowledge and accept that we are the problem here,” he said.

“If we don’t do anything about it as men, how am I going to answer to my daughter? to my sister? And also, I’m failing my son by not educating myself in making sure that I’m better and he’s not not also going through the same problems as what I am going through. We just have to do better as men. We can’t just sit back and act like nothing is happening,” he continued.