Tag: gender-based violence Zimbabwe

UNFPA Urges Focus on Adolescents, Youth and Quality Healthcare as Zimbabwe Prepares for Ninth Country Programme

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere As the Zimbabwean Government through Treasury prepares for its ninth country programme in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the organisation has urged the country to prioritise healthcare quality and improve the livelihoods of adolescents and young people, particularly females who are disproportionately affected by teenage pregnancies, gender-based violence, and HIV. This was said by UNFPA Zimbabwe Representative Miranda Tabifor while speaking to journalists on the sidelines of a consultative stakeholder workshop to develop the ninth country programme, running from 2027 to 2031. With over 60…

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Zimbabwe Records Alarming Surge in Fathers Raping Their Own Children

Michael Gwarisa
Tracey Mundanga, Principal Public Prosecutor at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), speaking at the Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe Action Indaba on Gender-Based Violence in Harare, where she raised concern over the rise in fathers raping their own children.

By Michael Gwarisa Zimbabwe is facing a chilling rise in sexual gender-based violence (SGBV), with authorities reporting a surge in cases of fathers raping their own children. Officials from the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) say the trend, which began escalating during the COVID-19 pandemic, is worsening with no signs of slowing down. Speaking at the Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) Action Indaba on Gender-Based Violence in Harare, Tracey Mundanga, Principal Public Prosecutor at the NPA, described the situation as deeply worrying. The father-daughter rapes…

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