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US Govt Supports SA's Fight Against Women, Child Abuse

Published date: 
3 Apr 2009
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has supported the South African Government's programme focused on violence against women and children.

Domestic Violence A Brutal Reality For Many Tanzanian Women

Published date: 
8 Mar 2009
The most recent figures available, from the WHO`s 2005 Multi-country Study on Women`s Health and Domestic Violence against Women, showed that 41 percent of women interviewed in Dar es Salaam, and 56 percent of women in Mbeya, had ever experienced physical or sexual violence at the hands of a partner. In both sites, 60 percent of those women had never sought help from any formal service or authority.
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