A non-violent society respecting human rights

In order to create a non-violent society, people need to be healed from their trauma (Restoring mental health), but it is equally, if not more, important to implement programmes that would prevent violence and trauma. The restoring mental health element is also linked to prevention of violence. A study into the determinants of Violence against children and women, showed a direct link between Intimate Partner Perpetration and Childhood Trauma. (Towards a More Comprehensive Understanding of the Determinants of Violence against Women and Children in South Africa 2016, Unicef /Department of Social Development). Other determinants of gender based violence as one form of violence we seek to eliminate through this organisation’s work, are: attitudes supporting inequality between men and women, substance abuse and poverty.