Stakeholders call for urgent, data-driven fight against GBV

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2025-05-13

SWAKOPMUND, 13 MAY 2025 - Erongo Governor Neville Andre Itope, Inspector General of the Namibian Police Force, Lieutenant General Joseph Shikongo, NSA Statistician-General Alex Shimuafeni photographed with different stakeholders at the opening of the high-level stakeholder meeting on enhancing the Gender-Based Violence Information Management System (GBVIMS) at Swakopmund on Tuesday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 13 MAY (NAMPA) – Erongo Governor Neville Andre Itope has issued a strong call for united, data-driven action in the national fight against gender-based violence (GBV), warning that the ongoing crisis is tearing at the fabric of Namibian society.
Itope was speaking at a high-level stakeholder meeting on enhancing the Gender-Based Violence Information Management System (GBVIMS) at Swakopmund on Tuesday.
The event, coordinated by the Na...

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