MORE than 50 men and women marched from the Katutura Intermediate Hospital to the Windhoek Magistrate's Court yesterday in solidarity against gender-based violence, and to raise awareness about the scourge.
The march, under the campaign #TotalShutdownNam, demanded longer custodial sentences for perpetrators of gender-based violence and shorter waiting periods for victims seeking justice.
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