The dialogues are aimed at engaging communities, public and private programme/project partners to educate and promote conversations on gender-based violence and gender economic equity. The dialogues unpack key challenges in addressing gender based violence, success stories, the importance of private-public sector partnerships and lessons learnt.

Objective:
To engage communities and key partners in promoting conversations and actions towards ending gender-based violence and building gender economic equity.

Speakers or Panellists:
Representatives from civil, public and the private sectors,  including male organisations that focus on gender based violence and gender equality, allowing successful initiatives to present case studies on how their programmes have worked and why.

Target audience:
Stakeholders involved in the fight against gender-based violence, survivors, resource providers and those driving gender equality in the province.

Primary Audience:
Government Departments (Department of Social Development, South African Police Service), Survivor/s of gender-based violence, Civil Society Organisations(NGO) and Private sector (Corporate partners) among others.

Secondary Audience:
Media

Take Aways:
Understanding lessons learnt in promoting gender equality and equity, the complexity of the issue and knowledge about key role players, programmes, resources and opportunities for long-term sustainable social  and economic change.