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Children Bear Brunt Of Gender Based Violence

Calvin Manika AS the world commemorates 16 days of activism against gender-based violence the attention is on children, who suffer in silence from the phenomenon. Annually, from 25 November, the world notes gender-based violence up to 10 December. The 16 days of activism against gender-based violence was started by activists at the inaugural Women’s Global Leadership Institute in 1991, and continue to be coordinated each year by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership.  For most, gender-based violence entails violations against women and girls. But, unbeknown to many is that, children...