Zim GBV cases alarming

SWEDISH ambassador to Zimbabwe, Per Lindgarde, has decried the alarming statistics of gender-based violence (GBV) and child marriages in Zimbabwe saying urgent action is required to end the vices.

Globally, a woman is killed every 10 minutes.

According to available statistics, in Zimbabwe, 22 women are raped daily; one woman is abused every 75 minutes and an average of 646 women are sexually abused each month.

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