In South Africa, a woman is killed every three hours

Every three hours, a woman is killed in South Africa.
Gender-based violence is a huge problem, and the government is working on legislation to end it.
But activists say change is not happening fast enough, and it is still a long way off.

Al Jazeera’s Fahmida Miller reports from Johannesburg, South Africa.

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