Question NW3364 to the Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilitie

Siwisa, Ms AM to ask the Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilitie

With reference to the 12 shelters for persons who have suffered any form of gender based violence and femicide that have been opened in the Republic, with six being in Gauteng and six in KwaZulu-Natal, how far is the process of opening other shelters especially in rural areas where women have to fend for themselves against perpetrators and family members who care more about saving tfhe face of families than the wellbeing of the women?