{"id":1569,"date":"2023-12-09T20:33:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T20:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/2023\/12\/09\/sobriety-cultural-activity-in-hopetown\/"},"modified":"2023-12-09T20:33:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T20:33:24","slug":"sobriety-cultural-activity-in-hopetown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/2023\/12\/09\/sobriety-cultural-activity-in-hopetown\/","title":{"rendered":"Sobriety Cultural Activity in Hopetown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-1568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/12\/IMG-20240110-WA0000.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 20240110 WA0000\" width=\"300\" height=\"399\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px 5px 5px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/12\/IMG-20240110-WA0000.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/12\/IMG-20240110-WA0000-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/12\/IMG-20240110-WA0000-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/12\/IMG-20240110-WA0000-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The Department of Transport, Safety &amp; Liaison joined hands with the Dept. of Social Development, Dept. of Health and Sisterhood Heroine at Steynville High School, today, 9 December 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Education has a central part to play in challenging the negative social norms that drive gender-based violence. No safety concern was consigned to oblivion as road safety, health services, alcohol abuse, gender-based violence, human trafficking and child prostitution took centre stage throughout the day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">It is essential that young people have a deeper understanding, and feel confident in addressing issues in their respective communities. Today&#8217;s sobriety cultural activity is a leap forward to combat gender inequalities and safety concerns for Hopetown residents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The day concluded with an educational re-enactment of a gender-based violence drama, the purpose is to inculcate today&rsquo;s children and teenagers with a firm belief in gender equality and non-violence, this is only possible by gradually changing mind-sets and cultural beliefs as the old cultural guards pass away.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Transport, Safety &amp; Liaison joined hands with the Dept. of Social Development, Dept. of Health and Sisterhood Heroine at Steynville High School, today, 9 December 2023. Education has a central part to play in challenging the negative social norms that drive gender-based violence. No safety concern was consigned to oblivion as road<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/2023\/12\/09\/sobriety-cultural-activity-in-hopetown\/\" class=\"themebutton2\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/dtsl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}