This campaign ends on 12 Dec 2021
About this campaign
1 in 3 women will experience abuse in the hands of their intimate partner. In South Africa, that abuse culminates into a woman being killed every 4 hours. Most women killed in South Africa are killed by their partners or ex-partners and many of them suffer months or years of domestic abuse before their deaths.
#NoExcuse is petitioning the Department of Home Affairs to amend the wedding vows/wedding formulas currently being used in their offices and by marriage officers to include an acknowledgment from the groom “To love, protect and NEVER ABUSE” his bride. The fact that a woman is most likely to be abused or killed by her long-term partner gives new meaning to the current wedding vows that end with “until death do us part”.
Proclaiming “To love, protect and NEVER ABUSE” publicly before witnesses and loved ones will hold men accountable and ensure that there is #NoExcuse for violence of any kind. The acknowledgment to never abuse in the vows is a recognition that the strength of a man should rather be used to build, to nurture and to love. The vow will equally empower anyone close to the couple to intervene if there ever was an incident or the threat of violence in the relationship.
The South African Men’s Sector have joined us in this plea, we are asking you to join us as well. GET INVOLVED! Click HERE to sign the petition.
We can do so much more and it starts here... There is #NoExcuse!
