End the culture of violence against women

Saturday last week marked this year’s commencement of the ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’. This is an international campaign that targets to end all forms of violence against girls and women. Every year, the campaign runs between November 25 and December 10.

Violence against women, more prevalent in Africa, manifests itself in many ways. The most common forms we know include spousal abuse in marriages, rape (in and outside) marriage, domestic violence, sexual trafficking, economic emancipation, forced female genital mutilation through the observance of outdated customs and more recently, political violence.