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US Embassy and Silicon Cape to host hackathons focused on tackling GBV
Earlier this year the topic of gender-based violence was thrust into sharp relief and two organisations want to keep the conversation going while finding a solution. Those two organisations are the US Embassy and Silicon Cape. Together the pair will host four...
US embassy Cape Town hackathon to seek tech solutions for gender-based violence
The US Embassy in South Africa will on 23 and 24 November hold a hackathon in Cape Town focused on create innovative digital solutions to the problem of gender-based violence. The winning team at the hackathon, which will be held at the EY offices at the V&A...
Hackathon calls for tech solutions to gender-based violence
South Africa’s gender-based violence statistics are consistently ranked amongst the highest in the world. We have the fourth highest rate of femicide - a woman is murdered every three hours - and there is an average of 114 rapes reported to the police daily....