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Zambian footballer Barbra Banda has received a barrage of abuse on social media after winning the BBC’s Women’s Footballer of the Year award.. Banda, a prolific goalscorer for US team Orlando ...
Violence against women occurs in a variety of forms in Zambia. According to the Zambian Demographic and Health Survey of 2007, 47% of Zambian women have been victims of physical violence, and 10% have been victims of sexual violence. [8] Girls are particularly vulnerable to harassment or violence during their commute to school. [8]
These organizations, e.g., the Women’s Forum and the Zambia National Women’s Lobby, have been fighting for the empowerment of women in politics. [ 5 ] [ 11 ] There is a long history of the suffering and victory behind women’s voting rights and political involvement in Zambia.
Zambian women, lured by false employment or marriage offers, were trafficked to South Africa via Zimbabwe for sexual exploitation, and to Europe via Malawi. Zambia was a transit point for regional trafficking of women and children, particularly from Angola to Namibia for agricultural labor and from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to South ...
An 80-year-old American woman was killed during a wildlife safari in Zambia after an “aggressive” bull elephant “unexpectedly” charged at the vehicle, the tour operators said.
Zambia is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children subjected to sex trafficking. While orphans and street children are most vulnerable, children of affluent village families are also at risk of trafficking because sending children to the city for work is perceived to confer status.
Dora Moono Nyambe — an influencer known for teaching hundreds of students, opening a school in Zambia and promoting her humanitarian efforts to millions of people on TikTok — has died. She was 32.
Mwebantu has redefined online advertising with its social, content-driven publishing technology in Zambia. In Zambia, Mwebantu provides the most shared news, stories and entertainment across the web and social media platforms of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to its audience of more than 1 million plus daily users and growing.