16 Days of activism 2015 Zimbabwe

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 Zimbabwe Violence Against Women Baseline Research study

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

ACTIVITIES:

(Themes in red are internationally recognised days)