INSPECTOR General of Police Lemmy Kajoba has urged Victim Support Unit officers to provide appropriate professional services to victims of gender-based violence at the initial stage. In a speech read on his behalf by Deputy Inspector General of Police Administration Doris Chibombe during the official opening of the Zambia Police training on Gender Based Violence for GBV investigators and criminal investigation officers, Monday, Kajoba said the GBV statistics were alarming. He said the gruesome reports highlight the vulnerability of women and girls as victims of gender based violence. “The gruesome reports of gender based violence which have continued to be reported countrywide highlights the vulnerability of women and girls as victims of gender based violence; take for instance in 2019...

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