South Africa: The Sunrise Campaign, entrepreneurship and ending violence

Over the last ten years, the Sunrise Campaign, End Violence, Empower Women, has gained momentum across the Southern African Development Community (SADC), reaching over 3000 women in ten countries, 600 of these in South Africa. The programme has contributed to the growing evidence on the nexus between economic empowerment and sustainable solutions to Gender Based Violence (GBV). Underscoring the policy level significance of this project, in 2020, South Africa adopted a National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (NSP GBVF) with a stand-alone pillar on Economic Power.