Gender-based violence has been identified by our president as the second epidemic that South Africans are facing, on top of the coronavirus global pandemic. Statistics South Africa released a report in 2018 which states that the rate of femicide (which is the murder of women on the basis of their gender) in South Africa is five times higher than the global average. The time to act against gender-based violence is right now. This fight is for all of us because this crisis is a humanity crisis.