New interfaith GBV prevention and mitigation strategy launched, 2024

Abstract

This video features the launch event for a national interfaith GBV prevention and mitigation strategy (South Africa, 2024). It is an interview with Daniela Gennrich, Coalition Coordinator of We Will Speak Out SA about the need for transformation in religious spaces, dismantling harmful norms, and promoting collaboration across faiths to address GBV. Daniela explains how the strategy is designed to hold faith institutions accountable, train leaders, mobilise congregations, and link faith networks to broader GBV systems.

As a public audience interview, it helps viewers see how faith and GBV prevention are being institutionalised at a national level, and gives ideas for how local congregations or faith networks might align with such frameworks. It also emphasizes that faith communities are not peripheral in South Africa—many people look to faith for moral guidance and community trust, so mobilizing them is strategic.