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Domestic violence is a crime, prevent it
Crisis
in Zimbabwe Coalition
May 20, 2011
Following the
shocking news of a lawyer who raped his wife (The Herald 13 May
2011) and a government official who axed his wife in Chitungwiza
(Newsday 19 May 2011), Padare/Enkundleni,
Msasa
Project, Women's
Action Group and Women's
Coalition took to the streets of Harare protesting against the
continued abuse of women. Addressing more than 1,000 participants,
the Minister of Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development,
Dr. Olivia Muchena noted that rape and violence, which are both
being used as instruments of abuse against women, should not be
tolerated . She further stated that gender base violence should
be taken seriously and abusers must face full wrath of the law.
Participants who brace the event were argued to,
- Make use
of the Domestic
Violence Act which protects victims of violence and provides
long term measures of prevention of violence
- Speak out
against domestic violence
- Lead by
example and accept that violence stops with oneself
- Report cases
of domestic violence
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in Zimbabwe fact
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