Sioka calls for collective action against GBV

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2024-12-03

ONEHOVA, 06 March 2020 - Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare Doreen Sioka addresses the commemoration of International Women's Day at Onehova Primary School in the Ohangwena Region. (Photo by: Mathias Nanghanda) NAMPA

KEETMANSHOOP, 03 DEC (NAMPA) – The Namibian Police Force recorded 4 814 gender-based violence (GBV) cases countrywide during the 2023/24 financial year, Minister of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, Doreen Sioka, has said.
In a statement read on her behalf at the launch of the 16 Days of Activism against GBV in the ||Kharas Region on Monday, Sioka said the Khomas Region had the highest number of cases (758), followed by Ero...

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