Executive Management trained on Gender-Based Violence
COMMITTED: The training on GBV will be rolled out to all levels
Monday, 07 June 2021
CPUT continues to show its commitment to the fight against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) with members of the Executive Management recently receiving training on GBV and their responsibilities.
Nonkosi Tyolwana, Director for Institutional Transformation, Social Cohesion and Diversity, said the training is the university’s response to the Policy Framework on addressing Gender-Based Violence in higher education and a call by the Department of Higher Education and Training for universities to respond adequately to the scourge of GBV
“This is also in preparation for the rollout of GBV training across the university. CPUT has approved the Terms of Reference for the establishment of a high-level Institutional GBV Committee that is chaired by the Vice-Chancellor and led by EM members. The committee, comprised of Management and the SRC, will be inaugurated at its first meeting soon.”
She said the training, which took place online, was also to map out the GBV roll-out plan across the university
CPUT has partnered with the Western Cape National Prosecuting Authority. The Training is led by Adv. Lizelle Africa and Adv. Mark Kenny of the Western Cape National Prosecuting Authoring (NPA)
Prof Driekie Hay-Swemmer, Executive Director: Office of the Vice-Chancellor, said the training was revealing, direct and broad-minded.
“The training was spot-on, alluding to the 21st-century environment during which the broader understanding/characterising of sexual identities were explored/ explained. There is a lot of training that needs to occur – starting from the early childhood development years and accompanying parent support programmes, the basic school education approach and curriculum.”
The training will be rolled out and cascaded down to all levels.
Written by Ilse Fredericks
Email: Frederickskennediji@cput.ac.za
News categories
- Advancement 13
- Alumni 77
- Awards 42
- Campus Life 20
- Community Engagement 158
- Disability Unit 12
- Applied Sciences 93
- Business & Management Sciences 91
- Education 97
- Engineering & the Built Environment 134
- Health & Wellness Sciences 90
- Informatics & Design 69
- Fundani CHED 25
- Funding 19
- GBV 16
- Graduation 80
- HIV/Aids Unit 39
- Know Your CPUT 65
- Libraries 18
- News 3732
- RTIP 286
- Residences (Accommodation) 14
- Staff 631
- SIIP 38
- Students 1290
- Student Health 43
- Sport, Arts & Culture 117
- SRC 4
- Student Affairs 11
- University Leadership 17
- Varsity Shield 17
- Vice-Chancellor 24
- Work-Integrated Learning 21
- THENSA 10
Latest NEWS
Intensive workshop on Machine Learning and Artificial Neural Networks
Monday, 06 July 2026
Read more
