MY husband never wanted me to get into politics, and every time I came home, I received a beating, Community Development and Social Services Minister Doreen Mwamba discloses. Speaking at the Southern African Heads of Prosecution (SAHOP) meeting at the David Livingstone Lodge, Mwamba said she was a survivor of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), emphasising the need to address this deeply rooted vice. “It is important to address this deeply rooted vice which [stems] from historically established gender inequality and imbalanced social power between men and women, which led to the domination of men over women. The inequalities and discrimination have since deepened. GBV disproportionately affects women and girls. Any woman may experience GBV no matter their age, education, no matter...
