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 […]
Gender Minister and EU Ambassador to Mauritius Co-Chair High-Level Policy Dialogue On Gend
The fourth Mauritius-European Union (EU) High-Level Policy Dialogue on gender, focusing on the theme ‘ensam nou avancer pour fer egalite vine ene realite’, was held this morning at the Caudan Arts Centre, in Port-Louis. The initiative is a joint collaboration of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Welfare and the EU. The Minister of […]
Patriarchy Fuelling GBV
Patriarchal norms promoting masculinity and female submissiveness are fuelling Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and violence against women and girls (VAWG) in Lesotho and other African countries. This is according to MenEngage Lesotho Country Coordinator, Seabata Makoae. He said this while addressing last week’s virtual Southern Africa Youth Forum. SAYoF is a regional platform for youths and […]
New Directives On GBV Fight Issued in Z’bar
IN the wake of rise in gender-based violence, President Hussein Ali Mwinyi has issued new directives to the government executives to make a self-assessment on how they reinforce efforts to free the Island of the scourge. “We should not conclude that we have failed in our plans which were set in January this year against […]
Kenyatta Blames Covid-19 on Increase in Gender Violence
President Uhuru Kenyatta has decried the rising cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Africa. He spoke at a panel discussion during the opening session of the Generation Equality Forum (GEF) in France, saying the GBV situation had reached global emergency levels GEF is a global gender equality gathering convened by United Nations (UN) Women and […]
Female Judges Now Appeal For Sgbv Courts
Women judges are the latest sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) responders appealing for special courts to expedite the conclusion of the related offences. Since last year when SGBV cases rose by 92.2 per cent, women rights advocates have consistently made the call to save survivors from extended psychological trauma and costly litigation. “As women judges, […]
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 […]
Bank Supports Govt in Fight for Women Liberation
NMB Bank is upbeat in realising President Samia Suluhu Hassan quest to liberate women economically by providing them with entrepreneurship education as well as capital to run their businesses. Early this week, the bank launched the Mwanamke Jasiri platform that loosely translates as a Brave Woman podium for all women in the Southern Regions aimed […]
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 […]
End GBV to Save Women From HIV, Urges UN Agency
United Nations HIV/Aids agency has called for urgent action to end gender-based violence (GBV) which exacerbates women’s vulnerability to HIV. “Women who have experienced physical or sexual intimate partner violence are 1.5 times more likely to acquire HIV,” read a May 28, tweet posted on Joint United Nations Program on HIV/Aids (UNAids) account. “Governments must […]
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