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As the world ends the 16 days of activism on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Civil Society for Poverty Reduction has urged women in the country to break the culture of silence and embrace a strong campaign against the global menace of violence against them. And the Civil Society for Poverty Reduction has urged women in the country to report gender-based violence (GBV). CSPR Executive Director Faides Temba Temba has observed  that many GBV victims suffer in silence because of cultural beliefs. Speaking at the Commemoration of 16 days of activism against Gender Based Violence based violence and international human rights day, Mrs. Temba Temba says cultural beliefs have forced women not to report GBV cases in the country. She has emphasized that the culture of silence, saying it is violating women’s rights and that they may lose their lives. And Mrs. Temba Temba has encouraged women to stop perpetuating in the names of traditional teaching which she said are archaic...

  Ambassador to Zambia Johan Hallenborg has observed that several human rights in Zambia such as Media Freedom, right to Education and the right to Health have improved. Mr. Hallenborg has therefore called on government not to delay in making further reforms such as the Public Order Act to better protect human rights saying these are critical issues. Speaking when he officiated at the commemoration of international Human Rights Day in Chawama, and to mark the end of the 16 days of activism on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, under the theme, “Dignity, Freedom and Justice for All”, Mr. Hallenborg has reiterated his country's commitment to continue supporting and working with Zambia to improve the human rights situation. “ Let me emphasize that we all have the same rights. Rights that the world agreed on this day 74 years ago. These rights cannot be taken away from us. But we need to work together, civil society and government, to realize them, to make them real”, he ...