The Department of Social Development is responsible for the implementation of Pillar 4 of the National Strategic Plan of the Gender Based Violence and Femicide, in collaboration with other departments, social partners and the Civil Society Organisations. Coupled with the denominational prayer session wherein religious leaders from different denominations will participate, Women’s Dialogue, launch of the Community to Community, Street to Street and House to House Asikhulume programme as part of the behavioural change programme as well as the GBVF and Anti-Substance Abuse awareness walk, this engagement forms part of the Women’s Month activities, currently under way under the theme; “Accelerating socio-economic opportunities for empowerment of women”.