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A Faith Based response to Gender Violence – Tamar Campaign

Apathy and hush tones regarding matters of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) within the family; the church and other institutions in the society only encourage violence against women and children. A combination of the spiritual, legal, psychological, and health support goes a long way in aiding the holistic healing of a violated survivor.
‘Faith’ is well placed [...]

Women and Peace-building

In the traditional African setting, women were assigned various roles, chief among these was the role of child-care – giving birth and then caring for the young ones from cradle to responsible adulthood. Women therefore played the role of educators of the children and both boys and girls received responsible upbringing and socialization from the [...]