Lillian Banda – WNN Breaking (WNN) Lusaka, ZAMBIA, EAST AFRICA: In a bid to advance the realization of a ‘violence free’ society, organizations working to end gender-based violence in Zambia are now turning to social media to help raise awareness and educate the public. This week the Planned Parenthood Association of Zambia (PPAZ) helped train […]
Lillian Banda – WNN Breaking (WNN) Lusaka, ZAMBIA, AFRICA: With the global campaign to stop violence against women, 16 days of Activism, well underway, those who are working for women and human rights in Zambia are calling for the establishment of fast-track courts so that cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV) are processed through the […]
Lillian Banda – WNN Breaking (WNN) Lusaka, ZAMBIA, AFRICA: Women in Zambia now have hope for early diagnosis and treatment of both cervical and breast cancer, asserts the country’s First Lady Dr. Christine Kaseba. Dr. Kaseba who was recently awarded the Global Leadership Award in recognition for her contribution towards the fight against cervical and […]
Lillian Banda – WNN Breaking (WNN) Lusaka, ZAMBIA, AFRICA: African governments have been urged to scale up efforts aimed at promoting increased access to health care services for the women and girls as the continents’ first ladies made a public call to stop cervical cancer in Africa during the sixth anniversary year for the SSCA […]
Lillian Banda – WNN Breaking (WNN) Lusaka, ZAMBIA, AFRICA: The nation of Zambia has started the process of domesticating legal protective and reporting mechanisms that may increase help to women inside the country revealed the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Gender and Development in Zambia, Mr. Edwidge Mutale recently. CEDAW – the Convention on […]