南非总统西里尔·拉马福萨周二宣布将清理全国高风险地区，此前在约翰内斯堡以东的一个地区，仅两个月内就发现了12具女性尸体。
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday announced a clean-up of high-risk areas across the country, after the bodies of 12 women were discovered in an area east of Johannesburg in just two months.
这些死亡事件引发了全国性的强烈抗议，关注南非针对女性暴力的规模，南非是全球基于性别暴力比率最高的国家之一。
The deaths sparked a national outcry about the scale of violence against women in South Africa, which has one of the highest rates of gender-based violence in the world.
拉马福萨宣布了他所谓的多学科、国家级紧急应对措施来应对这些谋杀案，目前已有四人被捕。
Ramaphosa announced what he called a multidisciplinary, national-level emergency response to the murders, for which there have been four arrests.
他说，基于性别的暴力“不能被接受为南非生活的正常组成部分”，并承认该国在保护妇女和女童方面“还没有做够”。
He said gender-based violence "cannot be accepted as a normal part of life in South Africa" and admitted the country has "not done enough" to protect women and girls.
“人们理所当然地普遍担心，这些女性尸体在相近地点被发现，可能意味着是单一作案者所为，”拉马福萨在向全国发表的讲话中说。
"There has understandably been widespread fear that the discovery of these women in close proximity could indicate the work of a single perpetrator," Ramaphosa said in an address to the nation.
“目前，警方尚未发现证据证明这些凶杀案是由单一作案者实施的。”在承认政府近年来在预防基于性别的暴力方面做得不够后，他宣布了一系列新措施以帮助保护妇女和女童。
"At present, the police have not found evidence establishing that these killings were committed by a single perpetrator." Admitting the government has not done enough in recent years to prevent gender-based violence, he announced a new wave of measures to help protect women and girls.
“每个市政当局必须立即开始进行女性安全审计，”他说。“必须识别高风险地区”并加以解决。
"Every municipality must begin a women's safety audit without delay," he said. "High-risk areas must be identified" and addressed.
“这些审计必须识别损坏的路灯、杂草丛生的公共空间、废弃建筑、不安全的交通路线和设施、安保薄弱的公园，以及其他使女性处于危险中的条件。”拉马福萨还宣布了一项“执法方案”，以减少与酒精有关的暴力。
"These audits must identify broken streetlights, overgrown public spaces, abandoned buildings, unsafe transport routes and facilities, poorly secured parks, and other conditions that place women at risk." Ramaphosa also announced an "enforcement package" to reduce alcohol-related violence.
“酒精不会导致基于性别的暴力，也永远不能成为其借口。责任永远在于作案者，”他说。
"Alcohol does not cause gender-based violence and it can never excuse it. Responsibility always lies with the perpetrator," he said.
但有害的酒精使用是人际暴力的一个重要加剧因素，必须将其作为我们更广泛预防工作的一部分来解决。南非总统还表示，要减少针对妇女和女童的暴力，必须发生更深层次的变革，而不仅仅是警务和立法层面，他说这种暴力“并非始于拳头挥起之时”，也非始于妇女遭强奸或被谋杀之时。
"But harmful alcohol use is a significant aggravating factor in interpersonal violence, and it must be addressed as part of our wider prevention effort." The South African president also said a deeper change, beyond policing and legislation, must take place to reduce violence against women and girls, saying it "does not begin when a fist is raised" or when a woman is raped or murdered.
“它开始得早得多，”他说。“它始于视女性为低人一等的态度……始于男性有权控制女性的观念。
"It begins much earlier," he said. "It begins in attitudes that regard women as inferior… with the belief that a man has the right to control a woman.
“它始于将嫉妒误认为爱，将控制误认为保护，将强迫误认为关爱。
"It begins when jealousy is mistaken for love, when control is mistaken for protection and coercion is mistaken for affection.
“它始于男性拒绝接受‘不’字。”他接着呼吁男性和男童在终结基于性别的暴力方面发挥主导作用。
"It begins when a man refuses to accept the word no." He went on to call on men and boys to take the lead in ending gender-based violence.
“我们将男性暴力的负担强加给了女性，”拉马福萨说。“这必须改变。”
"We have placed the burden of male violence on women," Ramaphosa said. "That must change."
“针对针对女性暴力的解决之道，不能是让女性更不自由。”南非拥有世界上最高的谋杀率之一，仅今年4月至6月就有5427人被谋杀。
"The solution to violence against women cannot be to make women less free." South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates, with 5,427 people murdered between April and June this year alone.
虽然南非警方统计数据不按性别区分受害者，但南非人权委员会最近表示，仅今年4月至6月就有569名女性被杀害，另有1052人幸免于谋杀未遂。
While South African police statistics do not differentiate victims by gender, the South African Human Rights Commission said recently that 569 women were killed and 1,052 others survived attempted murder between April and June this year.