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Child marriage rates in Zambia are some of the highest in the world, [7] and women continue to experience high levels of physical and sexual violence. [8] Across nearly all gender-based indicators, there is a significant disparity between the quality of life of rural, less educated, and impoverished women and their urban counterparts. [citation ...
The Zambia Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response Network coordinates efforts to prevent and respond to gender-based violence. Through its various programs and initiatives, it has managed to reduce the prevalence of gender-based violence in the country.
He was pardoned by president Edgar Lungu after a year, and was subsequently appointed as an ambassador in the fight against gender-based violence in Zambia. [2] He was removed from his post after he was criminally charged for gender-based violence again.
The Orlando Pride and Zambia goalscorer has come under scrutiny after she was withdrawn from the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Zambia’s Barbra Banda abused online after winning BBC Women ...
Police perpetrated violence and verbal and physical harassment against persons based on gender identity and sexual orientation. LGBTQI+ persons were at risk of societal violence due to prevailing prejudices, misperceptions of the law, lack of legal protections, and inability to access healthcare services, and were subjected to prolonged detentions.
Some of the forms of violence perpetrated by individuals are: rape, domestic violence, sexual harassment, acid throwing, reproductive coercion, female infanticide, prenatal sex selection, obstetric violence, online gender-based violence and mob violence; as well as harmful customary or traditional practices such as honor killings, dowry ...
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In 2008 Zambia was a source, transit, and destination country for women and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. Child prostitution existed in Zambia's urban centers, often encouraged or facilitated by relatives or acquaintances of the victim.