DV ‘a human rights issue’

Name: DV ‘a human rights issue’

Name of publication: The Herald

Name of Journalist: Roselyne Sachiti

Date: 24 August 2012

Country: Zimbabwe

Theme: Gender violence

Skills: Use of data; Sources

Genre: Investigative journalism (Question & Answer)

Gem classification: Gender Aware

Description
Statistics indicate that domestic is a major problem in Zimbabwe with a total of 3141 domestic violence cases already reported in the first quarter of 2012. Government in 2007 set up the Anti-Domestic Violence Council. Deputy features editor Roselyne Sachiti (RS) spoke with the Anti-Domestic Violence Council chairperson Mr Kelvin Hazangwi (KH) to find out what the council has been doing to lower the statistics.

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