Re-Writing Rape (V) - Changing Our Attitudes On Sexual Violence And Rape

The reason it has been important to address “rape” and other sexual violences (although albeit to a limited extent) as extensively as we have, is honestly that as time goes along, it becomes more prevalent, and yet there is such minimal public and policy discourse on it, as a national issue.

And I genuinely believe it is a national problem, which has become a crisis, that affects all of us, from our various classes, races, ages, tribes, and economic backgrounds. Nobody is safe from it, because of what it is.

So I am going to offer five points that we could perhaps use in combatting this pandemic. The five are nowhere near exhaustive. They are the ones I believe can summarise many of the others. These are some of the things we can do, in our own spaces of influence.

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Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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