This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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The Director General in the State Ministry of Gender, Culture and Social Development Reverend Johnson Sebit and the Commissioner of Magwi County Ben Kingston Loduk have attributed outdated cultural norms and the weak legal system for the rising cases of gender-based violence.
The two who spoke during the launch of the 16 days of activism against gender violence in Magwi County mentioned murder, forced child marriages, girl-child compensation, rape and destruction of family property by aggrieved marriage partners as the commonest forms of gender violence in the state.
“Long ago, men were the ones killing their wives but things have changed. Women are the ones now killing their husbands in Magwi County. Two women have recently killed their husbands here in Magwi”, Rev Sebit said.
“Some men are also being beaten by their wives but they don’t report these cases because of shame and fear. My Ministry advocates for rights of both men and women. I encourage both men and women to report such issues to us.”
Commissioner Loduk blamed backward cultural norms and weak legal systems for abetting the vice.
“Legal systems and cultural norms don’t see this as a crime but rather as a private family matter and normal part of life”, Loduk said.
He pledged to take the lead in fighting and discouraging gender-based violence and called upon women and girls to report such issues to the authorities for action.
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