The 16 days of activism against gender based violence has started. In essence it should be 365 days, but these 16 days are to highlight INTENSLY the need for a violence free world and one where women and girls, men and boys live together in harmony.
In Zimbabwe, the National Statistics Office told us this year that in May 2014, 570 women were sexually assaulted- that is 15 women every day subjected to this terrible trauma. Statistics elsewhere do not look much better. Much of it driven by povery.
Our recent efforts as SAfAIDS under our SCORE (Sustainable Communities of Real Excellence) programme baseline survey in four southern african countries gave us realtime information about Sexual Gender Baseed Violence (SGBV) across the age groups - we are very concerned about young people aged 16/17 years, the most vulnerbale age for SGBV.
We are busy crunching the data but this gave me the added impetus to support a local partner here at the Regional Office in Zimbabwe, Adult Rape Clinic, who, with the support of UNFPA and others are rolling out amazing training support in 23 districts that involves medical and legal issues to ensure that those rape cases that are reported are handly well and get all the way to court.
JUSTICE AS PREVENTION!
Our small but important contribution is to print this leaflet for wide distrbution. Go on, be part of it, print and share this with at least one other person. or drag and drop it into your email list and share with EVERYONE.
Well done you!
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