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As a divorced person, you should stay out of your ex-spouse's personal life.
As a divorced person, you should stay out of your ex-spouse's personal life.

If we’re serious about ending gender-based violence, we’ll intentionally, respectfully celebrate divorces and break-ups as extensions of the right to say, "Stop" and "No", suggests Siya Khumalo. 

Just as corporates and politicians could advocate for the decriminilisation of sex work around #16Days in 2021, religious and social institutions can shift public perception on divorce to prioritise love over duration, or quality over quantity, in the assessment of relational success.

"I learned something from the relationship that just ended" is evolution; "I refuse to release this relationship" is toxicity.

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