Exploring the Impact of Gender-Based Violence in South Africa
In 2021, Prof. Corné Davis, f rom the Department of Strategic Communication at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), approached KPMG South Africa regarding the publication of an updated research report on the cost of gender-based violence (GBV) to the South African economy, following a frequently qu...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Johannesburg
2023-06-01
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| Series: | The Thinker |
| Online Access: | https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/The_Thinker/article/view/2522 |
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| Summary: | In 2021, Prof. Corné Davis, f rom the Department of Strategic Communication at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), approached KPMG South Africa regarding the publication of an updated research report on the cost of gender-based violence (GBV) to the South African economy, following a frequently quoted report titled ‘Too Costly to Ignore – The Economic Impact of Gender-Based Violence in South Africa’. A memorandum of agreement (MOA) was signed between UJ, Shared Value Africa Initiative, and KPMG South Africa to
conduct research and to publish a new GBV report for South Africa. In the 2014 KPMG report, Prof. Koustuv Dalal of Mid Sweden University was cited with reference to the cost estimations he had done during a study in KwaZulu-Natal in 2011. Prof. Davis
contacted Prof. Dalal by email to invite him to participate in the study.
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| ISSN: | 2075-2458 2616-907X |