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Padare/Enkundleni in Nkayi district - Rural community outreach
Padare/Enkundleni/Men's Forum on Gender
July 29, 2010

Nkayi Community Outreach

Padare/Enkundleni in partnership with Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED) are currently engaging a community outreach programme in Nkayi District, Matabeleland North Province which started on the 27th to the 30th of July 2010. This is a follow up activity to the sensitization programme which was held from the 21st of February to the 26th of February 2010. The aim is to continuously strengthen the capacity of both local leaders and people in general on ways of responding to Gender issues within their community.

The Padare Community Advocacy officer - Mr. Paul Juru highlighted that, "there are still some casess of gender based violence being experienced in the Nkayi area, a situation which is negatively affecting women and children. Notions of negative masculinity and the fact that some people are deeply rooted in cultural practices that undermine women has been attributed as the major causes of such gender based violence cases"

In all the meetings the outreach team will target mainly the Police Victim Friendly Unit, Dare raMambo (traditional courts), school authorities, religious leaders and other key opinion leaders so that cases of GBV will be readily addressed.

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