Female police officers will continue to make strides in ensuring safety and security as they embark upon Operation Basadi.
The officers marched in Windhoek to create awareness and commemorate the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.
Basadi, meaning "women" in Setswana, is a SADC-wide law enforcement operation that the female members of the Namibian Police Force engage in.
The Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture is working hard to ensure that schools have qualified teachers and counselors to provide psychological support to learners.
Unpacking the role of the education sector in the fight against GBV, Deputy Executive Director Edda Bohn says the ministry has programs in place that provide meals to primary school pupils as well as safety for children in schools.
The brother of the Stinkwater murder accused reverend Lazarus |Awaseb has called on the Minister of Justice Yvonne Dausab to urgently tighten the laws to deter domestic and gender-based violence crimes.
He shared this sentiment with the |Khomas Governor Laura Mclaud-Katjirua who visited the grieving family at their home at Stinkwater.
It is five days since the shocking reality of the double murder incident at Stinkwater, a small settlement with a close-knit community.
The network of female local authority leaders says the high level of poverty among women and gender-based violence are causes for concern.
The women leaders met at Rundu, under the umbrella of the Association of Local Authorities in Namibia (ALAN), to discuss strategies on how to curb these social ills.
Among the issues discussed was the need for backyard gardens to ensure that families meet their household food needs and supplement their income.
The Office of the Ombudsman, in partnership with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Namibia-Angola, hosted a three-day training on access to justice and the legislative framework at Ondangwa in the Oshana Region.
The workshop discussed the combating of gender-based violence, trafficking of persons, child care and protection, crime, Wills and Estates, community courts, and investigation of maladministration and human rights violations.
Alcohol abuse, a lack of emotional self-regulation and listening skills are the top social causes of gender-based violence and suicides in Namibia.
This is according to a therapist from Swakopmund, Marcella Katjijova, who has urged the public to prioritise mental health care.
At a Gender Based Violence survivors walk in Swakopmund, therapist Marcella Katjijova argued that alcohol and drug abuse fuel violence in relationships.
She says this is because people relax their guard and speak their minds, sometimes in very ugly ways.
The Deputy Minister of ICT, Emma Theofelus, held a consultative meeting with the Erongo Regional leadership on the Nationhood and National Pride (NNP) campaign, as part of the reactivation of the campaign.
The NNP campaign is a government-initiated programme aimed at reinforcing a sense of belonging, patriotism, and national pride among the citizens.
It also aims to educate the public to understand and see how they can contribute to its success, as well as to access the viability of the reactivation of Regional Nationhood and National Pride regional forums.
Three Gender-Based Violence (GBV) survivors and activists who arrived in Swakopmund after walking 370 kilometres from Windhoek say suicide is not a solution to GBV.
Reverend June Dolley Major, a South African national, has urged survivors to speak out and for communities to stop shaming them.
Major says she got a vision from God to walk long distances with the aim of creating awareness and giving hope to victims.
She became an activist for gender-based violence after another priest raped her.
