Addressing the causes of gender-based violence
Friday, November 27, 2020
Unacceptable: The nation is pushing back against GBV
We have also seen the humongous rise of gender violence cases despite efforts made by different stakeholders to curb it. There are reports of killings and rapes almost every week.
Violence hurts and it destroys. It takes innocent lives, it leaves victims with physical and emotional scars and everyone knows that.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...