{"id":46740,"date":"2026-09-29T07:21:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T05:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=46740"},"modified":"2026-09-29T07:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T05:21:25","slug":"au-treaty-on-violence-against-women-awaits-ratification","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/au-treaty-on-violence-against-women-awaits-ratification\/","title":{"rendered":"AU treaty on violence against women awaits ratification"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">South African (SA) public health researcher says an African Union (AU) treaty aimed at tackling violence against women and children has yet to secure enough ratifications from member states to come into force.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Dr Lebogang Mathibe Ramalepe, who chairs SA&#8217;s National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Suicide, was speaking at a conference of the Public Health Association of SA in Ottawa, Canada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Ramalepe says the AU charter was adopted in February 2025 after consultations with all sectors of society.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">She explains that it is the first continental legal instrument which focuses solely on ending violence against women and girls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">It covers violence in the home and public spaces, as well as technology-facilitated<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">gender-based violence through online platforms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15753,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-46740","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"AU treaty aimed at tackling violence against women, children","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46741,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46740\/revisions\/46741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=46740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}