30 June - Gender - UNODC launches the “Blow the Vuvuzela on Violence” campaign

In today’s show, we were joined on the line by Sharon Kouter - Western Cape Programme Coordinator for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime or UNODC. We were talking about the “Blow the Vuvuzela on Violence” campaign. The campaign is aimed at raising awareness around gender- and child-based violence, and calls for people across all spectrums to speak out against these social evils and use the focus of the World Cup to highlight the plight of victims. During the campaign, sporting events will be held in areas across the Western Cape to keep learners occupied in a constructive way, while providing them with practical information about where to get help if they fall victim to crime. Today they are in Mitchell’s Plain and on the 2nd of July they will be in Vredendal.