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National Gender Based Violence Strategy
Type of Measure
Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence
Violence against women and girls
Year
2005
Brief Description
A National Gender Based Violence Prevention Strategy was put in place in March 2005 by the Ministry of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development, in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The Strategy focuses on prevention, service provision, research, documentation and advocacy in the area of gender based violence. A National Behaviour Change Strategy has also been put in place to change how people in Zimbabwe perceive and put in practice healthier relations that do not condone domestic violence or any other form of violence.
Source of Information
Response of the Government of Zimbabwe to the questionnaire on Beijing +15, 2009
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