16 Days of Activism 2014 Zimbabwe

Date: December 9, 2014

KEY FACTS

The prevalence of all forms of violence against women, especially physical and sexual violence, continues to be high
despite the country’s relatively strong GBV legal framework.
Zimbabwe is one of the six SADC countries, which now has a baseline that provides data on the extent, response, support, and prevention of Violence Against Women (VAW).
The research found that 68% of the 3326 women interviewed had experienced some form of gender-based violence (GBV) in their lifetime while 46% of the 3274 men interviewed
said they had perpetrated some form of violence in their lifetime.
The most predominant form of GBV experienced by women and perpetrated by men occurs within intimate partnerships. About 90% of the women interviewed experienced intimate partner violence (IPV), while 73% of the men admitted to perpetrating this form of violence.

View the I Stories – first hand accounts of GBV from Zimbabwe

ACTIVITIES

DATE	THEME	SLOGAN	ZIMBABWE ACTVITIES	WHERE
November
Mon 24	Empower Women	Take back the Money	Breakfast Meeting with COE and Entreprenuership Councils	Harare
Tue 25	International day of no violence against women	Peace begins at home
Wed 26	End violence empower women	Take back the Money
Thur 27	Education and employment to curb GBV	Stop the cycle of violence	Reviewing of GBV action Plans workshop	Chitungwiza
Fri 28	The cost of GBV	End violence, save finance	Reviewing of GBV action Plans workshop	Chitungwiza
December
Mon 1	World Aids Day		Review of Entreprenuership Business Plans & COE GBV Action Plans	Chitungwiza, Manyame, Gweru, Chiredzi,Chegutu
Tue 2	Femicide	Getting away with murder	Reviewing of GBV action Plans workshop	Manyame
Wed 3	International Day of Disability	For an enabling society	Reviewing of GBV action Plans workshop	Manyame
Thur 4	Harmful practices, GBV and economic disempowerment	Voice, choice and control	Reviewing of GBV action Plans workshop	Chegutu
Fri 5	Diverse sexuality and gender identities	Embrace diversity	Reviewing of GBV action Plans workshop	Chegutu
Mon 8	Commercial and transactional sex	Economic agency for gender equality
Tue 9	Human trafficking and slavery	Abolish slavery!	Reviewing of GBV action Plans workshop	Chiredzi & Gweru
Wed 10	Zimbabwe barometer launch		Reviewing of GBV action Plans workshop	Chiredzi & Gweru
Wed 10	International Human Rights Day	Yes we must!