Police’s revised GBVF action plan criticised in Parliament [SOUND]

# The police’s revised Gender-Based Violence and Femicide action plan came under strong criticism during a joint sitting of Parliament’s portfolio committees on Police and on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities. The plan, which was finalised in January, focuses on strengthening frontline services and establishing child-focused committees. However, the chairperson of the committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Liezl Linda van der Merwe, questioned its effectiveness, citing poor implementation: