Court Orders Ex-CZI Boss Zizhou to Pay U.S.$180,000 for Sexual Harassment
FORMER Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) chief executive Farai Zizhou has been ordered by the High Court to pay his ex-personal assistant Rita Marque Mbatha US$180 000 damages for sexual harassment. This follows a spirited fight by Mbatha over the past two decades after she was sexually harassed by Zizhou during her time of employment […]
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 […]
What Has Changed for Rural South African Women in the Last 25 Years
South Africa has experienced tremendous change over the last quarter-century: the first democratically elected government, the HIV/AIDS pandemic, changing health, social and economic policies and now the COVID-19 pandemic. The South African Medical Research Council/Wits University Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit has, for nearly three decades, conducted health and socio-demographic surveillance in a rural […]
Call for Urgent Action Following ‘Alarming’ 80 Per Cent Rise in Sexual Violence
An “alarming” 80 per cent increase in sexual violence in Somalia, as documented in two recent reports by the Secretary-General, has been described as “appalling” by two UN Special Representatives. “We urge all parties to the conflict in Somalia to immediately cease these violations”, the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, and […]
Top Fashion Brands Found Failing On Gender Equality In New Index
Adidas and Gap Inc are among the best performing fashion brands at tackling gender inequality, according to a new index which found that most retailers are failing to support women in their boardrooms and factories. The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA)’s Gender Benchmark showed that nearly two-thirds of the top 35 apparel brands have not publicly backed gender […]
Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Is a Collective Task
In Nigeria, the percentage of women who have experienced physical violence since age 15 has increased from 28 per cent in both 2008 and 2013 to 31 per cent in 2018. Officer in charge, United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Lagos State, Muhammad Okorie, notes that before 25 years, a girl must have been violated either […]
Improving Access to Water Can Help Reduce Gender-Based Violence
Water is such a precious commodity in life and addressing the constraints women and young girls face in accessing and managing it, is important in the fight against gender-based violence (GBV). And recent media tour organised by UN Women to Hopley and Epworth, major sprawling settlements to the south and east of Harare showed the […]
Govt Set For Trial Of 800 Boko Haram Suspects
The 800 suspects are part of about 1,000 whose case files have been reviewed by the federal government’s prosecutors since 2019. About 800 suspects linked to the Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram, have been prepared for prosecution which will start as soon as the ongoing judiciary workers’ strike is over, an official has said. The […]
No Bail for Former MP Accused of Rape
Former National Council member Steve Biko Booys, who is accused of raping his biological daughter, was denied bail yesterday. The 42-year-old Booys, who is also a former Okahandja constituency councillor, was remanded in custody and his case postponed to 14 July when he appeared in the Okahandja Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Magistrate Khaepriums Swartz dismissed Booys’ […]
Why Girls Continue To Experience Violence At South African Schools
Girls experience gender and sexual violence in schools around the world, and South Africa is no exception. Research has shown how learners, and girls, in particular, are vulnerable to violence. Despite the country’s political response to violence against women and girls, school-going girls struggle with male violence in and out of school. Learners who are victimised at school […]
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