Posts Tagged: Gender Base Violence

Adolescent Girls empowered to defend themselves in the face of sexual abuse. #16DaysOfActivism

Adolescent Girls empowered to defend themselves in the face of sexual abuse. #16DaysOfActivism

14-year-old Shasha (Not her Real Name) is an adolescent girl from Mutare, a U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supported district. She was able to escape from sexual violence through the No Means No violence prevention skills. “When I was approached by a perpetrator, I …

16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

FACT Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in commemorating 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence which runs annually from the 25th November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10th December, Human Rights Day. The 2020 global theme is: “Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!” The onset of …