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Zambia: Street Harassment - Women Fight Back
allAfrica, 4 August 2015
Driving to work I heard a call-in radio show about a woman who had been stripped naked in the streets because her dress was seen as indecent. Read more »
Noting that Zambia has the highest rate of gender-based violence in southern Africa, Global Health Corps Fellow Angel Chelwa says an attack that stripped a woman naked in the streets of the capital city has given women the strength to fight back.
The #DontminimizeMe Solidarity March to eliminate violence against women held in Lusaka, Zambia
According to women rights groups in the country, at least 50 women have been undressed since the Anti-Pornography Bill was passed. Read more »
The protest is in support of the woman publicly stripped and assaulted by a group of men in Nairobi. Read more »
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