gender based violence Archives - She is Africa http://sheisafrica.eu/tag/gender-based-violence/ Africa is rising. Africa is she ! Mon, 05 Oct 2020 11:40:26 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/sheisafrica.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cropped-unnamed.png?fit=32%2C32 gender based violence Archives - She is Africa http://sheisafrica.eu/tag/gender-based-violence/ 32 32 142537479 Gender Based Violence in Africa http://sheisafrica.eu/2018/01/14/gender-based-violence-in-africa/ http://sheisafrica.eu/2018/01/14/gender-based-violence-in-africa/#comments Sun, 14 Jan 2018 22:43:33 +0000 http://sheisafrica.eu/?p=210 1 in 3 women experience violence in their lifetime. According to a 2013 WHO report a staggering 45.6% of women 15 years and older in Africa have experienced intimate partner violence (physical and/or sexual) or non-partner sexual violence or both, the highest prevalence in the world. Gender based violence (GBV) is violence against women and […]

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]]> http://sheisafrica.eu/2018/01/14/gender-based-violence-in-africa/feed/ 4 210 16 days of activism against gender-based violence http://sheisafrica.eu/2017/12/10/16-days-of-activism-against-gender-based-violence/ Sun, 10 Dec 2017 19:52:18 +0000 http://sheisafrica.eu/?p=148 As the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence comes to a close, I reflect on how far we have come as a community. It is estimated that 1 in 3 women have experienced violence in their lifetime. Violence is not only physical force but also sexual and psychological. In 2016 I attended South Africa’s […]

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