LUSAKA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Zambia saw an increase in gender-based violence cases in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same period last year, the police said on Tuesday. The southern African nation recorded 6,915 cases during the first quarter of 2022, an increase of 2,661 from...
LUSAKA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Zambia saw an increase in gender-based violence cases in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same period last year, the police said on Tuesday. The southern African nation recorded 6,915 cases during the first quarter of 2022, an increase of 2,661 from...
Gender-based violence was commonly directed against female pupils by teachers and male pupils using non-consensual sex, corporal punishment and abusive language. The victims didn't report the matter for fear of reprisals.Results The pupils were aged between 10 and 21 years (with majority between ...
In our business world and entire society, gender discrimination is a persuasive issue. It suppresses voices and obstructs opportunities, hindering progress toward sustainable development and a more equitable future. This comprehensive guide on Gender Justice shares the various ways and tools in which bus...
Contextual gender relations are important in influencing sexual behaviours, which include sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), multiple sexual partnerships including polygyny, transactional sex, and unprotected sex [19–21]. Sexual behaviours are closely associated with a partner’s controlling ...
These factors contributed to workplace violence. Small-scale multimethod studies of gender discrimination and inequality in the public and private health employment systems in Zambia and Uganda (unpublished observations) found a lack of policy responsiveness to life course events for workers with family ...
(2021). These sub-indexes are control of corruption, government effectiveness, rule of law, voice and accountability, political stability/absence of violence, and regulatory quality. This indicator is expected to produce a positive sign in accordance to Nkoa and Song (2020) who argue that good ...
We elicit adolescent girls’ attitudes towards intimate partner violence and child marriage using purposefully collected data from rural Bangladesh. A
LUSAKA, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Zambia saw a 22.1 percent decline in gender-based violence cases in 2021 compared to the previous year, the police said on Wednesday. The southern African nation recorded 20,540 gender-based violence cases in 2021, a reduction of 5,830 cases from 2020, accordi...
LUSAKA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Women groups in Zambia on Wednesday called for immediate action to end the ever escalating gender-based violence in the country. Figures released by the police last week showed that the country recorded 6,139 cases of gender-based violence in the second quarter of...