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SJC workshops aiming to tackle GBV, policing in informal settlements

By Lauren Isaacs

The Social Justice Coalition said that each session would show how policing played out in the lives of those living in informal settlements, especially women,...

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  • FILE: Members and supporters of Equal Education and Social Justice Coalition marching to Parliament. They want Parliament’s police committee to fulfill its role in overseeing a revision of the way police resources are allocated. Picture: Monique Mortlock/EWN.

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