ISS: Violence prevention needs more than five-point plan

An ISS Today commentary published 7 October argues that President Cyril Ramaphosa's five-point plan, presented 29 September to tackle violence against women, is silent on what prevention looks like and how it would be resourced. The authors, Chandré Gould and David Bruce, contend that reducing violence against women depends on treating violence among men and boys as unacceptable, citing national data showing men as victims in more than four of five murders. They call for an integrated prevention strategy addressing shared risk factors across forms of interpersonal violence, rather than separate frameworks. No implementation or funding details are given in the commentary.