Gender Based Violence (GBV)
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Rethinking Gender-Based Violence: When men are victims
By Makhosi Sibanda The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence provides a platform to tackle the scourge of abuse…
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MPs call for certain cultural norms to be made illegal in efforts to tackle sexual abuse
Members of Parliament (MPs) have called for comprehensive legal reforms to make certain cultural norms illegal and penalised as part…
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Tsholotsho man kills wife, neighbour in domestic dispute
A thirty-eight year old man in Sipepa, Tsholotsho committed a double murder after he struck his wife (36) on the head…
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23-year-old female on the run after killing husband in Nkulumane
Police in Bulawayo are appealing for information that could lead to the arrest of a 23 year old Trish Ndlovu…
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Short film highlights impact of domestic abuse on children
After watching several films on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and noticing that most of the films did not capture the impact…
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Surviving Gender-Based Violence and changing narratives: Sipiwe shares her triumph
By Rachel Riyano for We The Future! “At first l thought life had brought me on my knees, it felt…
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Barriers to justice for victims and survivors of GBV in the wake of Covid-19
By Nhlanhla Mbele SIHLE* fled her matrimonial home in Bulawayo’s Mabutweni suburb with her four children to live with her…
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Stay at home lockdown order exposes women to GBV ‘shadow pandemic’
By Nyasha Dube and Priscilla Makondo, Zvishavane Felistus Gumbo* from Chivi under Headman Chigapa is a mother of three and…
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Loss of family fabric fuels GBV: Minister
Minister of State for Bulawayo Metropolitan Province, Judith Ncube has bemoaned the loss of the ‘family fabric’ and noted that it…
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‘Police officers must be trained to handle GBV cases’
Police officers should undergo training on how to handle Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases in order to provide timely services to victims.…
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