Fri, 30 Dec 2016 09:50:51 +0000 By SANDRA MACHIMA THE increased cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV) has become a national crisis that needs serious reflection on what should be done to curb the scourge, says Non-Governmental Organisations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) executive director Engwase Mwale. Ms Mwale has called upon the national leadership to facilitate a national strategy on how best GBV could be curbed and rooted out of communities because no leader would love to preside over a nation whose citizens were victims of broken morals and values because of gender-based violence. She said the increase of GBV cases that had in most cases resulted in loss of lives in the recent past had become a source of concern that needed serious intervention. “This surely is no longer an advocacy issue by few organisations but a matter deserving full national attention – the church, NGOs, business sector, associations and unions, the media, public […]
