Beyond the screen: Storytelling can help tackle GBVF, says Letsike
Deputy Minister for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Mmapaseka Steve Letsike has called on South Africa’s creative sector to use storytelling to challenge attitudes and behaviours that contribute to gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF).
Panel calls for prevention The panel discussion, featuring filmmaker Adze Ugah, actress and Within Collective founder Pule Buys, Soul City Institute for Social Justice CEO Phinah Kodisang and GBVF activist Keitumetse Moutloatse, also focused on the role of storytelling in prevention.
She said stories could help people recognise harmful behaviour before violence occurred and could encourage audiences to move from awareness to action.
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