Government
and the united nation (UN) have today launched a four years joint programme on
gender based violence with a total budget of about $15, 570,000.
The
government-UN fours programme on gender based violence aims to establish an
integrated and multi-sectoral mechanism for the effective and comprehensive implementation
of the ant-gender based violence act number 2011.
The
four years programme whose total budget is $15, 570, 000 will seek to increase
the health sector’s involvement in addressing GBV IN ZAMBIA, and establish
appropriate judicial and legal systems to effectively implement the anti-GBV
ACT.
IT
will also seek to scale up social protection systems for prevention and
management of GBV, Including integrated approaches to economic empowerment of
GBV survivors and establish an effective coordination mechanism for an
integrated GBV response in the country.
The
specific objectives also form the pillars of the joint programme and structure
its response along the lines of priority areas, namely health, legal,
socio-economic and coordination.
Zambia's Gender
minister inonge wina says the establishment of an integrated and multi-sectoral
system will enable the country to approach the fight against GBV from a
holistic manner and facilitate timely and appropriate health services.
Mrs.
Wina says
the joint programme will further contribute to an efficient justice delivery
system as well as protection and support services.
and Zambia's United Nations (UN) country coordinator kani wignaraja has advised
government to also make rape a non-bail able offence like in other countries if
the scourge has to be fought at all levels.
Ms
wignaraja further appealed to government and other stakeholders to continue
with tireless advocacy and prevention campaigns to stop alarming incidences of
GBV.
SHE
HAS also suggested that in the long term there is need to invest in schools by
having more anti-GBV Messages, mentoring and support as this is were it all
begins.
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