UN Provides Health Services and Supportive Programmes to Adolescents Girls
With the emergence and spread of COVID-19 across the world, social, political and economic activities came to a standstill in many countries, including Somalia. The implementation of movement restrictions meant that people had to stay at home round the clock. The restrictions have notably increased incidences of gender-based violence (GBV) against women and girls, as […]
Govt On South Africa Tackling Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Collaboratively
In the past few months, the South African Government, together with partners including the private sector, trade unions and individuals from civil society and other development partners have been working hard to implement the National Strategic Plan (NSP) on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF). This plan came as a result of the 1st National Summit […]
Cleric Asks Church to Tackle Cultures Perpetuating GBV in Africa
African church leaders have been challenged to tackle existing attitudes, cultures and practices that continue to perpetuate gender-based violence (GBV) in the continent. The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda Stephen Kaziimba, on Thursday, said most African cultures, regrettably, believe men are better than women, which has played a major role in enhancing GBV. He […]
Federal States Mark 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
The Federal Member States of Jubaland and South West State in Somalia joined the rest of the world on Thursday in commemorating the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), with a pledge to eliminate violence against women and children in Somalia. Organised by the Protection, Human Rights and Gender Unit of the African […]
Call for Multi-Faceted Approach to GBV
The government has called for a multi-stakeholder approach in the fight against Gender-Based Violence in Zimbabwe which has increased over time particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic. GBV is one of the major challenges that women in Zimbabwe are facing with one in two reporting that they have been abused by current or former partners. Speaking […]
THE number of incidents of gender-based violence has declined by 27.8 per cent between January to June this year compared to the corresponding period last year. The Police disclosed yesterday that the number of incidents recorded between January and June this year was 15,131 while in the same period last year was 19,340. However, the […]
‘Iron Fist’ Against Sexual Abuse, Announces Public Works Minister
The Mozambican Minister of Public Works, Joao Machatine, on Friday announced that the government will not tolerate the sexual abuse of young girls by the employees of contractors working on road projects in Zambezia and Nampula provinces. The government would approach these crimes with “an iron fist”, he warned, at a meeting with the Ministry’s […]
SADC-PF Women’s Parliamentary Caucus Meets to Share Lessons On Gender-Based Violence
Member states of the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum’s (SADC-PF’s) Women’s Parliamentary Caucus which advocates for women’s rights and gender equality in the SADC-PF, met to share lessons and experiences that emanate from the gender-based violence (GBV) data that was gathered during the hard lockdown period. The lessons are taken to assess what should […]
Make Zero Tolerance Against GBV Trend
Social activist Josy Nghipandua said zero-tolerance against gender-based violence needs to trend so that whoever goes against the grain is discouraged to behave in a manner that harms the next person. She said this at a discussion titled ‘Gender-based violence: Shaping youth foresight from awareness to accountability’ hosted by Masters of Journalism students from the […]
U.N. Forced Labour Drive Hits Target With Backing Of 50 Nations
The world has reached a “major milestone” in the drive to combat modern slavery after Sudan became the fiftieth country to back a United Nations treaty against forced labour, the U.N. International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday. The legally binding 2014 pact – a protocol to the 1930 ILO Forced Labour Convention – compels […]
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